In the speech, Sobral recounts the challenges and discoveries of the Swedish-Argentine Antarctic Expedition, describes life at Snow Hill and along the Antarctic Peninsula, and sets forth goals for future Argentine expeditions and accomplishments in Antarctica....
At 18 years of age, when a Boy Scout, served with ShackletonRowett Antarctic Expedition. in the "Quest" under late Sir Ernest Shackleton, 1921-1922. Zoologist to British Arctic Expedition, 1925. Appointed zoologist in the Colonial Service ("Discovery" Investigations), 1926, and in this se...
Commodore Wilfredo Burgunio, deputy commander of the Philippine Fleet, told Xinhua that he believes the visit will promote the relations between the navies. "We welcome this (visit). And we hope to have more engagements like this," he said. "The arrival of our Chinese Navy counterparts unders...
1910 - The japanese Antarctic Expedition on board of the Kainan Maru started - they will come back in summer 1912 The Japanese Antarctic Expedition of 1910–12 was the first exploration of Antarctic territory by an expedition from Japan. Led by Army Lieutenant Nobu Shirase, its...
subsequently named Wilkes Land in honour of the expedition's commander, Charles Wilkes. In 1849, seven years after the expedition's return, the Royal Geographical Society presented Wilkes with its Founders medal "for the talent and perseverance he displayed in a voyage in the Antarctic regions"....
La Salle's Expedition to Louisiana in 1684, painted in 1844 by Theodore Gudin. La Belle is on the left, Le Joly is in the middle, and L'Aimable is grounded in the distance, right. 1745 - HMS Chester (1743 - 50), Cptn. Francis Geary, and HMS Sutherland (1741 - ...
Suffren took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805 under Captain Amable Troude. She operated in the Mediterranean until the end of the First Empire, and was decommissioned shortly thereafter. Suffren was razeed in 1816, and used as a prison hulk on Toulon harbour. She ...