He led the first successful Antarctic expedition between 1910 and 1912.
For now, anyone with enough money can embark on an Antarctic expedition.
Each hoped to raise funds for a further Antarctic expedition, but their efforts were unsuccessful.
He was a member of the ship committee for Scott's Antarctic expedition.
They have been collected historically by Antarctic expeditions and for scientific collections.
He was a member of Australian Antarctic expeditions in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1973 and 1974.
He saw his Antarctic expedition as redeeming, in a small way, the stigma of national disaster.
A total of 880 silver and 245 bronze medals have been issued for Antarctic expeditions.
They were probably first seen by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10.
The third German Antarctic Expedition took place between 1938 and 1939.
