Explorers of the Arctic

Soviet naval explorer (1890–1952)

Soviet Naval officer and explorer (1910-1984)

Danish explorer and writer

Swedish meteorologist and explorer (1895–1928)

Russian Arctic explorer of Baltic German origin (1903-1971)

Polish engineer and pioneer of aviation (1888–1976)

Swedish geologist (1828–1900)

Swedish engineer and arctic explorer (1870–1897)

Russian explorer

Russian scientist

Norwegian explorer and writer (1871-1895)

Russian explorer

aviation pioneer and United States Army officer (1899-1973)

Russian admiral and explorer

Swedish photographer (1872–1897)

French polar explorer (1826–1853)

Austrian explorer (1837-1922)

Danish arctic explorer (1870–1928)

German explorer (1830–1896)

British explorer (1593–1635)

Russian geologist and explorer

Russian explorer

Russian explorer and navy officer (1884–1914)

British Royal Navy admiral (1822-1875)

Dutch explorer

Danish naval officer and polar explorer

Norwegian military officer (1868-1939)

Polish engineer, writer (1904–1996)

Norwegian aviator (1890–1928)

Soviet geophysicist, Hero of the Soviet Union (1910–1981)

Russian seaman and polar explorer (1874–1927)

Russian explorer (1849–1933)

Swedish meteorologist (1848–1923)

Dutch naval officer

German physician, entomologist, zoologist and arctic researcher (1847–1888)

Russian polar explorer (1858–1913)

Russian explorer

Soviet polar explorer (1881–1939)

English sailor

Royal Navy Admiral (1844-1930)

Arnarulunnguaq ( ; 1896 – 2 October 1933), a Native Greenlander, was a key member of Knud Rasmussen's Fifth Thule Expedition (1921–1924) which crossed the Northwest Passage by dog sled. She was one of the two who accompanied Rasmussen from the Hudson Bay to Alaska, preparing meals and keeping skins and furs in order throughout the two-year journey. As a result, she was the first woman to complete the long Arctic journey from Greenland to the Pacific.

Norwegian sailor

Polish polar explorer (1812–1839)

Russian explorer (1800–1835)

French physician and explorator

Norwegian military officer (1890-1950)

Icelandic explorer, athlete and artist

British explorer

Danish botanist (1783-1845)

lieutenant of the Russian Imperial Navy, hydrographer, and explorer (1872–1921)

French explorer (1856-1944)

Swedish botanist (1877-1917)

Japanese actress

Danish explorer (1832–1889)

English navigator

Russian Arctic explorer

Russian explorer

mariner in the late sixteenth and early seventieth centuries

American mountaineer (born 1964)

Danish explorer (1849-1936)