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Southern Cross Expedition
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Southern_Cross_Expedition
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:British_Antarctic_Expedition_1898–1900
gptkbp:baseEstablished
gptkb:Cape_Adare_hut
gptkbp:basisFor
wooden hut
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
gptkb:Norway
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:departedFrom
gptkb:London
gptkbp:duration
2 years
gptkbp:endDate
1900
gptkbp:explores
gptkb:Cape_Adare
gptkb:Victoria_Land
gptkb:Ross_Sea
gptkbp:firstToUse
dogs in Antarctica
sledges in Antarctica
gptkbp:firstToWinterOn
Antarctic mainland
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:Discovery_Expedition
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Southern Cross Expedition
gptkbp:landedAt
gptkb:Cape_Adare
gptkbp:leader
gptkb:Carsten_Borchgrevink
gptkbp:notableAchievement
first confirmed landing on the Antarctic mainland
first overwintering party on Antarctic mainland
first use of dogs and sledges in Antarctica
gptkbp:notableEvent
death of Nicolai Hanson (first person buried in Antarctica)
gptkbp:notableFor
first to overwinter on Antarctic mainland
first to use dogs and sledges in Antarctica
pioneering scientific research in Antarctica
gptkbp:notableMember
gptkb:Eivind_Astrup
gptkb:Hugh_Evans
gptkb:William_Smith
gptkb:Anton_Fougner
gptkb:Frank_Colbeck
gptkb:Herlof_Kløvstad
gptkb:Hugh_Blackwell_Evans
gptkb:Kolbein_Ellifsen
gptkb:Louis_Bernacchi
gptkb:Nicolai_Hanson
gptkb:Ole_Must
gptkb:William_Colbeck
gptkbp:notablePublication
gptkb:First_on_the_Antarctic_Continent_(by_Carsten_Borchgrevink)
gptkbp:numberOfMembers
31
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Belgian_Antarctic_Expedition
gptkbp:shipUsed
gptkb:SS_Southern_Cross
gptkbp:sponsor
gptkb:Sir_George_Newnes
gptkbp:startDate
1898
gptkbp:studiedBy
biology
geology
magnetism
meteorology
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Discovery_Expedition
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6