This list is for recognised pioneering explorers of the polar regions. It does not include subsequent travelers and expeditions. Polar explorers Jameson Adams Stian Aker Valerian Albanov Roald Amundsen Salomon August Andrée Piotr Fyodorovich Anjou Henryk Arctowski Josée Auclair Mikhail Babushkin Konstantin Badygin Karl Baer Georgiy Baidukov Ann Bancroft Willem Barents Michael Barne Robert Bartlett Nikifor Begichev Fabian von Bellingshausen Robert M. Berry Edward W. Bingham Olav Bjaaland Alfred Björling Carsten Borchgrevink Jon Bowermaster Henry Robertson Bowers Louise Arner Boyd Edward Bransfield Philip Brocklehurst William Speirs Bruce Georgy Brusilov Daniel Byles Richard Evelyn Byrd Todd Carmichael Umberto Cagni Jacques Cartier Jean-Baptiste Charcot Semion Chelyuskin Apsley Cherry-Garrard Vasili Chichagov Valery Chkalov Jeremy Clarkson George Comer Sebastian Copeland Frederick A. Cook James Cook Henry Cookson Augustine Courtauld Albert P. Crary Tom Crean Lars Christensen Andrew Croft Francis Crozier Ann Daniels Edgeworth David Jason De Carteret Edwin de Haven George W. De Long Nina Demme Antoni Bolesław Dobrowolski Erich von Drygalski George J. Dufek Jules Dumont d'Urville Lincoln Ellsworth Edward Evans Edgar Evans Sir Ranulph Fiennes Dwayne Fields John Franklin Peter Freuchen Martin Frobisher Vivian Fuchs Tobias Furneaux Yakov Gakkel Matvei Gedenschtrom Adrien de Gerlache Johann Georg Gmelin Adolphus Greely Pen Hadow Charles Francis Hall Helmer Hanssen Bernhard Hantzsch Sverre Hassel Adrian Hayes Isaac Israel Hayes Samuel Hearne Matthew A. Henson Wally Herbert Alex Hibbert Edmund Hillary John Hornby Andreas Hovgaard Henry Hudson Edward Israel Hjalmar Johansen Antony Jinman Erling Kagge Otto Kalvitsa Elisha Kent Kane Sydney L. Kirkby Gerald Ketchum Maria Klenova Lauge Koch Aleksandr Kolchak Nikolai Kolomeitsev Alexander Kuchin Paul Landry Dmitry Laptev Khariton Laptev Carl Anton Larsen Georges Lecointe Christian Leden Ernest de Koven Leffingwell Percy Lemon Godske Lindenov Martin Lindsay Fyodor Litke Ivan Lyakhov Alistair Mackay Alexander MacKenzie Aeneas Mackintosh Cecil Madigan Rune Malterud Stepan Malygin Donal T. Manahan Albert Hastings Markham James Marr Eric Marshall Fyodor Matisen Fyodor Matyushkin Douglas Mawson James May Francis Leopold McClintock Jim McNeill Janice Meek Alexander Middendorf Ejnar Mikkelsen Fyodor Minin Gerhard Muller Fridtjof Nansen George Nares Alfred Gabriel Nathorst Edward Nelson Umberto Nobile Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld Otto Nordenskjöld Børge Ousland Dmitry Ovtsyn Pyotr Pakhtusov Nathaniel Palmer Ivan Papanin William Parry Charlie Paton Fiann Paul Robert Edwin Peary Yakov Permyakov Eric Philips Ralph Plaisted Fedot Popov Richard Profit Vasili Pronchishchev Maria Pronchishcheva Lewis Gordon Pugh Emil Racovita Pierre-Esprit Radisson John Rae Knud Rasmussen Andrew Regan George W. Rice John Richardson Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen Quintin