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Marina Point Marina Point ( ) is a low rocky point which forms the northwestern tip of Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands of the Wilhelm Archipelago. It was first surveyed in 1935-36 by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill and named by members of the expedition for Princess Marina, later Duchess of Kent, who was married in November 1934, while the ship "Penola" was en route to the Argentine Islands.
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Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (Greek: Πριγκίπισσα Μαρίνα της Ελλάδας και Δανίας ; 13 December [O.S. 30 November] 1906 27 August 1968) was the daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia.
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Argo Point Argo Point ( ) is a prominent rock headland rising steeply to 260 m on the east side of the Jason Peninsula, 22 nmi northeast of Veier Head on the east coast of Graham Land. Probably first seen by Carl Anton Larsen in 1893, it was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1953 and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1956. The name derives from association with the Jason Peninsula; Jason sailed in the "Argo" to search for the golden fleece.
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Finger Point (Wilhelm Archipelago) Finger Point ( ) is a point which forms the southwest end of Skua Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. It was charted and named by the British Graham Land Expedition, 1934–37, under John Rymill.
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Sperring Point Sperring Point ( ) is a rocky point about midway along the west side of William Scoresby Bay. Discovered and named by DI personnel on the "William Scoresby" in February 1936.
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Matha Strait Matha Strait is a strait lying between Adelaide Island and the south end of the Biscoe Islands. The strait takes its name from "Matha Bay", the name originally applied by Jean-Baptiste Charcot, leader of the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, to the water feature as he conceived it. The British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill, 1934–37, recognizing that it is really a strait rather than a bay, changed the name to Matha Strait. The name is for Lieutenant A. Matha, second-in-command of the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, also under Charcot.
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Overland Relief Expedition The Overland Relief Expedition, also called the Alaska Relief Expedition or Point Barrow-Overland Relief Expedition, was an expedition in the winter of 1897–1898 by officers of the United States Revenue Cutter Service to save the lives of 265 whalers trapped in the Arctic Ocean by ice around their ships near Point Barrow, Alaska.
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Raid on Saint-Paul The Raid on Saint-Paul was an amphibious operation conducted by a combined British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Marines force against the fortified French port of Saint Paul on Île Bonaparte (now known as Réunion) during the Napoleonic Wars. The operation was launched on 20 September 1809 as both a precursor to a future full-scale invasion of Île Bonaparte and in order to capture the French frigate "Caroline" and the East Indiamen she had seized in the Action of 31 May 1809 which were sheltering in the harbour. The operation was a complete success, with British storming parties capturing the batteries overlooking the port, which allowed a naval squadron under Commodore Josias Rowley to enter the bay and capture the shipping in the harbour.
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McDonald Bay McDonald Bay is an open bay in the Davis Sea, 10 nmi wide at its entrance between Adams Island and the Haswell Islands, lying immediately west of Mabus Point on the coast of Antarctica. It was charted by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson, 1911–14, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Commander Edwin A. McDonald, U.S. Navy, Commander of the USS "Burton Island" , flagship of the two icebreakers which supported the U.S. Navy Operation Windmill parties which established astronomical stations along Wilhelm II, Queen Mary, Knox and Budd Coasts during the 1947–48 summer season.
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Cape Lewis Cape Lewis ( ) is an ice-covered cape at the west side of Maury Bay, on the coast of Antarctica. It was delineated by G.D. Blodgett (1955) from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Thomas Lewis, a crew member on the sloop "Peacock" during the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–42) under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes.
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Last voyage of the Karluk The last voyage of the "Karluk ", flagship of the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913–16, ended with the loss of the ship and the subsequent deaths of nearly half her complement. On her outward voyage in August 1913, "Karluk", a brigantine formerly used as a whaler, became trapped in the Arctic ice while sailing to a rendezvous point at Herschel Island. After a long drift across the Beaufort and Chukchi seas, the ship was crushed and sunk. In the ensuing months, the crew and expedition staff struggled to survive, first on the ice and later on the shores of Wrangel Island. In all, eleven men died before help could reach them.
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Franklin Range The Franklin Range is a small mountain range on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located just southwest of Robson Bight and Johnstone Strait. It has an area of 200 km and is a subrange of the Vancouver Island Ranges which in turn form part of the Insular Mountains. The range was named in 1861 by Captain Richards for noted Arctic explorer Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin who died exploring the Arctic and his wife, Lady Franklin. The Cracroft Islands across Johnstone Strait were named for Sophia Cracroft, Sir John's niece who accompanied Lady Franklin on her journey around the world that brought them to British Columbia during the Fraser Gold Rush of 1858.
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Soviet–Canadian 1988 Polar Bridge Expedition The Soviet–Canadian 1988 Polar Bridge Expedition (also known as Skitrek) began on March 3, 1988, when a group of thirteen Russian and Canadian skiers set out from Siberia, in an attempt to ski to Canada over the North Pole. The nine Russians and four Canadians reached the pole on 25 April and concluded their trek on Wednesday, June 1, 1988, when they reached Ward Hunt Island, Ellesmere, Northern Canada. At the North Pole, they were welcomed by a group of dignitaries from the Soviet Union and Canada, members of the international press, and radio amateurs involved in support and communications. The daily progress of the skiers was followed by many thousands of school children and radio amateurs around the world. They listened to the voice synthesizer on board the UoSAT-OSCAR-11 satellite, which transmitted the latest known position of the expedition in FM on the two-meter VHF amateur radio band, using digitised voice; and to progress reports, produced regularly by AMSAT-NA, which were distributed worldwide through amateur packet radio and orbiting amateur radio satellites.
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Islands Point Islands Point ( ) is a high rock point separating Berg Bay and Relay Bay, lying along the west shore of Robertson Bay in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The headland was charted by the northern party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, under Captain Robert Falcon Scott, and was probably named with reference to the small island (Sphinx Rock) which lies just north of the point. The headland lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare.
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Avery Plateau Avery Plateau ( ) is an ice-covered plateau, about 40 mi long and rising to about 2000 m , midway between Loubet Coast and Foyn Coast in Graham Land. The first sighting of this plateau is not ascertained, but it was presumably seen in January and February 1909 by members of the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot from various positions in the Matha Strait. It was surveyed in 1946–47 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (1955) after Captain George Avery, Master of the cutter "Lively", who, with Captain John Biscoe in the brig "Tula", approached this part of the Antarctic Peninsula in February 1832.
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Burke Channel Burke Channel is a channel in the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, separating the south and east coasts of King Island from the mainland. It was first charted in 1792 by James Johnstone, one of George Vancouver’s officers during his 1791-95 expedition. Vancouver named it "Burke's Channel" after Edmund Burke.
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Lapidary Point Lapidary Point ( ) is the southwest entrance point to Rocky Cove, Maxwell Bay, King George Island, Antarctica. It was named "Mys Kamennyy" (rocky cape) by G.E. Grikurov and M.M. Polyakov in 1968, following Soviet Antarctic Expedition surveys in the area. This was translated as Lapidary Point by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1978.
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Pendleton Strait Pendleton Strait ( ) is a strait between Rabot and Lavoisier Islands, in the Biscoe Islands. The French Antarctic Expedition, in accordance with Charcot's conception of this water feature, applied the name Pendleton Bay in January 1909. The British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934–37, recognizing that it is really a strait, renamed it Pendleton Strait. Named by Charcot for Captain Benjamin Pendleton, Yankee sealer of Stonington, CT. Captain Pendleton was commodore of the little fleet which included the sloop Hero under Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer who, at Pendleton's direction, explored this area in January 1821.
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MV Malaspina M/V "Malaspina, colloquially known as the Mal", is a mainline ROPAX ferry and the original "Malaspina"-class vessel for the Alaska Marine Highway System. The Malaspina is named after the Malaspina Glacier, which, in turn, is named after Captain Don Alessandro Malaspina, Italian navigator and explorer who explored the Northwest coast of North America in 1791. The "Malaspina" is nearly identical to its sister ship, the M/V "Matanuska".
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Skog Passage Skog Passage ( ) is a narrow channel, 0.2 nmi wide, between the Madder Cliffs on the west end of Joinville Island, and an unnamed island, connecting Suspiros Bay and an unnamed body of water. It was named for Captain Peter Skog who has been on cruise ships in Antarctic waters since 1973. During that time he continually took soundings of poorly charted areas to ensure the safety of landings, and the soundings have been used to enhance British Admiralty Charts. In 1998, as master of MS "Explorer", Captain Skog became the first person to pilot a cruise ship through this channel.
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Larsen Point Larsen Point ( ) is a headland which forms the west side of the entrance to Cumberland Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. It was named for Captain C.A. Larsen, who visited Cumberland Bay in the "Jason" in 1893–94.
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Capture of Menorca (1798) In November 1798 a British expedition captured the island of Menorca (historically called "Minorca" by the British) from Spain. A large force under General Charles Stuart landed on the island and forced its Spanish garrison to surrender in eight days with only some bloodshed. The British occupied the island for four years, using it as a major naval base, before handing it back to Spain following the Treaty of Amiens.