Ice at the north pole 4428

History of Expeditions

By Laakekoa
  • Jan 1, 870

    870 A.D.

    870 A.D.
    Floki Vidgerdarson, a Norwegian Viking, discovers Iceland.
  • Feb 16, 1496

    1496 - 1497

    1496 - 1497
    Russian G. Istoma venturing out of the White Sea explores Murman Coast and coast of northern Norway, also western coast of Novaya Zemlya

  • 1594-1597

    1594-1597
    Willem Barents, after whom the Barents Sea is named, makes three voyages trying to find a Northeast Passage. He discovered Spitsbergen and sailed on to the Kara Sea.

  • 1607 - 1610

    1607 - 1610
    Henry Hudson, an Englishman, attempts to find the Northwest Passage to Asia through the Arctic Ocean.

  • 1776-1779

    1776-1779
    James Cook, sailed on the ships Discovery and Resolution on his final voyage of exploration, in hope of finding the Northwest Passage.

  • 1824-1825

    1824-1825
    William Parry sails on his third and final voyage to the Canadian Arctic where he encounters shifting ice, and eventually abandoned ship.

  • ​1879-1882

    ​1879-1882
    US Naval Officer Lt. George Washington DeLong commands an expedition to reach the North Pole, in 1879, where their ship sank.