Famous polar explorers
explorer of arctic or antarctic regions
71 people
Roald Amundsen
1872
– 1928
· Age 55
Deceased
Fridtjof Nansen
1861
– 1930
· Age 68
Deceased
Alfred Wegener
1880
– 1930
· Age 50
Deceased
Willem Barents
1550
– 1597
· Age 47
Deceased
Ernest Shackleton
1873
– 1922
· Age 48
Deceased
Ferdinand von Wrangel
1796
– 1870
· Age 73
Deceased
Umberto Nobile
1885
– 1978
· Age 93
Deceased
Knud Rasmussen
1879
– 1933
· Age 54
Deceased
Ivan Papanin
1894
– 1986
· Age 91
Deceased
John Ross
1777
– 1856
· Age 79
Deceased
Lincoln Ellsworth
1880
– 1951
· Age 71
Deceased
Julius von Payer
1841
– 1915
· Age 73
Deceased
Otto Sverdrup
1854
– 1930
· Age 76
Deceased
Erich von Drygalski
1865
– 1949
· Age 83
Deceased
Vivian Fuchs
1908
– 1999
· Age 91
Deceased
Georgy Sedov
1877
– 1914
· Age 36
Deceased
Carl Anton Larsen
1860
– 1924
· Age 64
Deceased
Eduard von Toll
1858
– 1902
· Age 43
Deceased
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
1886
– 1959
· Age 73
Deceased
Henryk Arctowski
1871
– 1958
· Age 86
Deceased
Edgeworth David
1858
– 1934
· Age 76
Deceased
Arthur Chilingarov
1939
– 2024
· Age 84
Deceased
Lauge Koch
1892
– 1964
· Age 71
Deceased
Tryggve Gran
1888
– 1980
· Age 91
Deceased
Carl Koldewey
1837
– 1908
· Age 70
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q13382749