But it certainly was comparable in size and purpose to many other polar expeditions of its era.

In early 1948, the cargo ship was fitted out to make a polar expedition.

Byrd died in 1957, a famous and respected leader of polar expeditions.

Then he took part in another polar expedition of Bakhov (1757-1760) as the leader's chief assistant.

He has been leading polar expeditions for more than two decades.

From the 1880s to the 1920s, Norwegians carried out a series of polar expeditions.

Among his major assignments were the American polar expeditions in the 1950's and the early stages of the space flight program.

And, of course, nobody thought about a polar expedition when they made these chips.

He also served as geologist of a German polar expedition.

Thus it often served as a base for polar expeditions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.