Expeditions began in the late 1800s to learn more about this remote part of the earth. Some have been well-documented, others not so much.
Any group that 'goes to Antarctica' can be said to be on an expedition, because there is no commerce, lodging, or other commercial enterprise on the continent.
The number is many, since there are now expeditioners who are paid by people to to take tours -- expeditions -- to the continent.
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Shackleton is known for 'not losing a man' on his expeditions.
Shackleton traveled to Antarctica by ship for all of his expeditions.
Antarctica
Shackleton is famous for not 'losing a man' on his Antarctic expeditions.
Captain Scott led two expeditions to Antarctica, aboard the Discovery in 1901 and aboard the Terra Nova in 1910.
India has made a lot of expeditions to Antarctica for studying its features.
Captain Scott explored Antarctica between 1901 and 1912 on two separate expeditions.
Shackleton is known for not having ever lost a crew member in all his expeditions to Antarctica.
Antarctica has not been 'conquered' -- many explorers from many countries have mounted expeditions to Antarctica. The British explorers of note include Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Earnest Shackleton, Ranulph Fiennes, and James Weddell.
Many people have explored Antarctica and lots of the major countries have research and meteorological bases there.
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen who discovered Antarctica, Mikhail Somov, and Pavel Senko