Captain James Cook is the famous explorer from Whitby. He lived there whilst training as an apprentice ship builder. Cook sailed from Whitby when he discovered Australia.
The famous ruin is Whitby Abbey, recently voted Britains most romantic ruin.
Mawson was Australia's most famous explorer
Dora The Explorer...
As of 17.33 GMT the Odyssey Explorer is just off Whitby at N 54-30,53,38 by E 0-28,32,31 and is at anchor.
Simon Fraser was Canada's most famous explorer and cartographer.
He was a famous explorer who lived from 1770 to 1838.
Christopher Columbus
Anglo-saxon king of northumbria found the Whitby abbey :)
There are many different types of shop in Whitby, but the most well known are the Whitby Jet Jewellery shops.
It's hard to say who the most famous Antarctic explorer was. A few of them are very famous. One of the most famous is Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd. Others are Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, and Robert Falcon Scott.
Captain Cook lived in Whitby while he was an apprentice in ship building. He also sailed from Whitby when he discovered many parts of the world, including Hawaii and Australia.