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    Polar exploration is the process of exploration of the polar regions of Earth – the Arctic region and Antarctica – particularly with the goal of reaching...
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  • Polar Exploration Mission (LUPEX), is a planned joint lunar mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency...
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    expeditions. Additional clasps can be awarded for further service to polar research and exploration. Several people have been awarded additional clasps, including...
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    VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) is a lunar rover which was developed at the NASA Ames Research Center. Before the project was...
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    These explorers, despite their impressive contributions to South Polar exploration, were nonetheless unable to penetrate the interior of the continent...
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  • David. A History of African Exploration. Northbrook, IL: Domus Books, 1976. Mountfield, David. A History of Polar Exploration. New York: Dial Press, 1974...
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    collection of historic polar images at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. Represents the history of British exploration and science in...
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  • is a polar explorer. He took part in the Ice Challenger Expedition and holds (or has held) skiing and vehicle world records for polar exploration. He has...
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    the mapping and exploration of the islands. The next expedition to spot the archipelago was the Dutch Expedition for the Exploration of the Barents Sea...
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    time, interest in polar exploration was high because of the search for John Franklin's missing expedition, and many would-be polar explorers took up the...
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    HMS Terror (1813) (category Arctic exploration vessels)
    red glare, the Bombs bursting in air"). She was converted into a polar exploration ship two decades later, and participated in George Back's Arctic expedition...
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    The Lunar Polar Exploration Mission is a robotic lunar mission concept by Indian Space Research Organisation and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency that...
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  • Polar T3 syndrome is a condition found in polar explorers, caused by a decrease in levels of the thyroid hormone T3. Its effects include forgetfulness...
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  • Gaganyaan (crewed/robotic) and Interplanetary mission such as Lunar Polar Exploration Mission, Chandrayaan-4, Shukrayaan and Mangalyaan-2 (MOM 2). There...
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    Maudheim medal Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition United Kingdom Polar Medal Monarchy of the United Kingdom Extreme human endeavour against the...
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  • A polar route is an aircraft route across the uninhabited polar ice cap regions. The term "polar route" was originally applied to great circle navigation...
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  • polar exploration. Michael Smith was born in 1946 and raised in London.[citation needed] Smith began writing about Antarctic and Arctic exploration after...
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    drift in an icebound ship. He obtained the use of Fridtjof Nansen's polar exploration ship Fram, and undertook extensive fundraising. Preparations for this...
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    (Norwegian: Frammuseet) is a museum telling the story of Norwegian polar exploration. It is located on the peninsula of Bygdøy in Oslo, Norway. Fram Museum...
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    declined because he had promised his new wife that he had finished polar exploration. His third choice, James Fitzjames, was rejected by the Admiralty...
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    These explorers, despite their impressive contributions to South Polar exploration, were unable to penetrate the interior of the continent and, rather...
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  • The history of exploration by citizens or subjects of the Russian Federation, the Soviet Union, the Russian Empire, the Tsardom of Russia and other Russian...
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    "A" Device (category Awards for polar exploration)
    The "A" Device is a miniature bronze 1⁄4 inch letter "A" which comes with and without serifs, that is authorized for wear by the United States Armed Forces...
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    Royal Navy in Polar Exploration. p. 110. Coleman. The Royal Navy in Polar Exploration. p. 111. Coleman. The Royal Navy in Polar Exploration. p. 112. "No...
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    Polar Star is the airplane used by polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth, an early adaptor of airplanes for polar exploration and worked closely with Robert...
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  • This list is for recognised pioneering explorers of the polar regions. It does not include subsequent travelers and expeditions. Jameson Adams Mark Agnew...
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    approximate dates for the cultures that flourished before the Norse exploration of Greenland in the 10th century. The earliest known cultures in Greenland...
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  • by Vard, Fincantieri shipbuilding subsidiary in Norway. This high polar exploration ship is equipped with a hybrid propulsion system which uses both electricity...
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    Ocean Explorers Grand Slam (category Polar exploration)
    definition "Rows on the Polar Open Waters" applies only to pure rowing expeditions across major water basins above the Polar Circle in the Arctic or within...
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    William E. Siri (January 2, 1919 – August 24, 2004) was an American biophysicist, mountaineer and environmentalist. He was born in Audubon, New Jersey...
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