Had Rae stuck to normal discovery, he would probably have had his rightful place as a pioneer of modern polar exploration.
It is no accident, then, that the century of Mongolian supremacy coincides with the first great era of modern European exploration.
The modern systematic exploration of the site began in 1953 and full excavation was being done in 1957.
The area has been a major area of modern Egyptological exploration for the last two centuries.
Dating aspects of the fort and vicus of Binchester is quite difficult given the limited modern archaeological exploration that has occurred on the site.
Whatever his failings, Frobisher was a forerunner of modern polar exploration.
His expeditions set the scene for modern Antarctic exploration and research.
Aficionados of still more modern explorations have two free concerts waiting in the wings at Sprague.
The society has an expedition council in Washington to supporting great expeditions and modern exploration.
The first modern explorations of the site were conducted by Thomas Gann in the mid-1890s.