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Ranulph Fiennes

Sir Ranulph Fiennes is a British explorer, expedition leader, author, and former soldier. With Charles Burton, he comple...

Contemporary British Polar Arctic Antarctic

8.3 Great

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Wilfred Thesiger

Wilfred Thesiger was a British explorer who between 1945 and 1950 made two crossings of the Arabian Empty Quarter, becom...

Desert 20TH Century British Terrestrial

8.0 Great

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Freya Stark

Freya Stark was a British-Italian travel writer and explorer known for journeys through the Middle East, particularly du...

20TH Century Female British Middle East

7.8 Good

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Robert Falcon Scott

Robert Falcon Scott was a British Royal Navy officer who led two Antarctic expeditions, reaching the South Pole in Janua...

20TH Century British Polar Antarctic

7.7 Good

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Wally Herbert

Sir Wally Herbert was a British polar explorer, writer, and artist. He led the British Trans-Arctic Expedition of 1968 t...

20TH Century British Polar Arctic

7.7 Good

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Matthew Henson

Matthew Henson was an American Arctic explorer who participated in several expeditions led by Robert Peary and became on...

American 20TH Century Polar Arctic

7.6 Good

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George Mallory

George Mallory was a British mountaineer who made three attempts on Mount Everest in the 1920s and died near the summit...

Mountaineering 20TH Century British Himalaya

7.6 Good

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Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Apsley Cherry-Garrard was a British explorer and writer who lived from 1886 to 1959. He joined Robert Falcon Scott's Ter...

20TH Century British Polar Antarctic

7.6 Good

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Eric Shipton

Eric Shipton was a British mountaineer and explorer who participated in multiple Everest reconnaissance expeditions in t...

Mountaineering 20TH Century British Reconnaissance

7.5 Good

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Liv Arnesen

Liv Arnesen is a Norwegian explorer and former educator who in 1994 became the first woman to ski solo and unsupported t...

Contemporary Norwegian Polar Antarctic

7.4 Good

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T.E. Lawrence

Thomas Edward Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, was a British archaeologist, army officer, and writer. Durin...

20TH Century British Middle East Terrestrial

7.3 Good

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Paul-Émile Victor

Paul-Émile Victor was a French polar explorer and ethnologist who played a central role in modern French polar research....

French 20TH Century Polar Greenland

7.3 Good

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Ben Saunders

Ben Saunders is a British polar explorer born in 1977, known for long-distance Arctic and Antarctic expeditions. In 2013...

Contemporary British Polar Arctic Antarctic

7.2 Good

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James Weddell

James Weddell was a British navigator, merchant seaman, and seal hunter who made significant contributions to the geogra...

19TH Century British Antarctic Maritime

7.2 Good

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Robert Swan

Robert Swan is a British explorer who became the first person to walk to both the North and South Poles. His expeditions...

Contemporary British Polar Arctic Antarctic

7.1 Good

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Felicity Aston

Felicity Aston is a British polar explorer, expedition leader, author, and former meteorologist. In 2012 she completed a...

Contemporary British Polar Antarctic

7.1 Good

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Edward Bransfield

Edward Bransfield was an Irish-born officer in the British Royal Navy who took part in the early exploration of Antarcti...

19TH Century British Antarctic Maritime

7.0 Good

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Pen Hadow

Pen Hadow is a British polar explorer known for a 2003 journey from Ward Hunt Island in Canada to the Geographic North P...

Contemporary British Polar Arctic

6.9 Fair

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Henry Worsley

Henry Worsley was a British Army officer and polar explorer known for expeditions inspired by Ernest Shackleton. He help...

Contemporary British Polar Antarctic

6.9 Fair

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Louis Rudd

Louis Rudd is a British Army officer and polar explorer who completed a solo, unsupported crossing of Antarctica in 2018...

Contemporary British Polar Antarctic

6.7 Fair