|
Dates |
Significant
Historical Event |
|
~18,000 yrs ago |
First Inuit
People arrive from Asia on Bering Land Bridge |
|
330 B.C. |
Greek navigator Pytheas sails near vicinity of Iceland. |
|
850 A.D. |
Norse
people settle in Iceland |
|
981 A.D. |
Eric
the Red visits Northwest coast of Greenland |
|
1490 |
|
|
1500's |
Whalers
explore from Baffin Island to Novaya Zemlya |
|
1534 |
Jacques
Courtier explores St. Lawrence for NW Passage |
|
1576 |
|
|
1586 |
|
|
1596 |
|
|
1610-11 |
|
|
1612 |
|
|
1648 |
Semyon
Dezhnev finds Northeast Passage |
|
1728 |
Vitus
Bering discovers Bering Strait while seeking NE Passage |
|
1741 |
Semyon
Chelyuskin reaches most northern point in Asia |
|
1770 |
Ivan
Lyakhov explores Novosibersky Ostrova in Siberia |
|
1822 |
|
|
1831 |
|
|
1845 |
|
|
1854 |
Robert McClure
makes 1st successful transit of NW Passage |
|
1878-79 |
Nils
Nordenskjold completes NE Passage from west to east |
|
1888 |
|
|
1893 |
Nansen's
ship 'The Fram' proves the existence of Arctic current |
|
1903-06 |
|
|
1909 |
|
|
1912 |
|
|
1913-18 |
|
|
1926 |
Richard
Byrd & Floyd Bennet fly 1st Airplane to North Pole |
|
1968 - 1969 |
Wally
Herbert completes first surface crossing of Arctic Ocean |
|
1958 |
U.S.
Nuclear submarine Nautilus passes under Arctic Ice cap |
|
1977 |
Icebreaker
Arktika reaches North Pole |
|
1978 |
Naomi
Uemura completes 1st one man expedition to North Pole |
|
1986 |
Will
Steger completes 1st dogsled expedition to North Pole |