What continent is Ellsworth on?

Antarctica
Ellsworth Land, formerly Ellsworth Highland, region of Antarctica at the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, between the Ronne Ice Shelf and the Bellingshausen Sea, east of Marie Byrd Land.

When did Edmundson reach Antarctica?

14 December 1911
Photo by Olav Bjaaland. The first expedition to reach the geographic South Pole was led by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He and four others arrived at the Pole on 14 December 1911, five weeks ahead of a British party led by Robert Falcon Scott as part of the Terra Nova Expedition.

Who has been to Antarctica the most?

Here are the most famous explorers of Antarctica.

• Roald Amundsen, Norway – The Expedition 1909-1911.
• Robert Falcon Scott, Great Britain – Expeditions 1901-1904, 1910-1912.
• Nobu Shirase, Japan – Expedition: 1910-1912.
• Sir Ernest Shackleton, Great Britain – Expeditions: 1907-1909, 1914-1917.

Who was the first to cross Antarctica?

Captain Thaddeus Bellingshausen
Captain Thaddeus Bellingshausen, a Russian naval officer in Vostok and Mirny, circumnavigates Antarctica, the first to cross the Antarctic Circle since Cook. He made the first observation of the continent, reaching 69° 21'S, 2° 14'W – and described an "ice field covered with small hills." on 28 January 1820.

Ellsworth Land. The rugged ice-covered region was discovered in 1935 by American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth and his pilot Herbert Hollick-Kenyon during their aerial crossing of the continent and was named after the explorer's father. Ellsworth Land, claimed in part by Argentina, Chile and the United Kingdom, remains incompletely explored.

Where did Lincoln Ellsworth go on his expedition?

In late 1935, on the third of four private expeditions to Antarctica, Ellsworth and Canadian pilot Herbert Hollick-Kenyon flew across the continent from the Antarctic Peninsula to the abandoned Little America base on the Ross Ice Shelf.

Where did Lincoln Ellsworth get his Polar Star?

He named the plane Polar Star and had it shipped from the United States to his base in Norway, where it was placed in the hold of the Wyatt Earp, a herring boat, along with two years' worth of supplies. Ellsworth had thoroughly researched the diaries of previous Antarctic explorers who had traveled by dog sled.

Where did Lincoln Ellsworth get his name from?

Ellsworth made four expeditions to Antarctica between 1933 and 1939, using as his aircraft carrier and base, a former Norwegian herring boat that he named Wyatt Earp after his hero. On November 23, 1935, Ellsworth discovered the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica when he made a trans-Antarctic flight from Dundee Island to the Ross Ice Shelf.