Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink was a Norwegian polar explorer and a pioneer of Antarctic travel. He inspired Sir Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, and others associated with the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
Carsten Borchgrevink
Henryk Bull's ship Antarctic in the pack ice
Sir Clements Markham, the Royal Geographical Society president who opposed Borchgrevink's Antarctic plans
Expedition member with binoculars, Antarctica, 1899
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
Shackleton in 1904
Blue plaque marking Shackleton's home at 12 Westwood Hill, Sydenham, London Borough of Lewisham
Shackleton in 1901, aged 27
Discovery in Antarctic water