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*[[Roald Amundsen]] ([[1872]] - [[1928]]) - [[Norway|Norwegian]] explorer. He led the first successful [[Antarctic]] expedition between [[1910]] and [[1912]]. He was also the first ever person to successfully traverse the [[North West Passage]].

*[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]] - [[1946]]) - Newfoundland captain. Led over 40 expeditions to the Arctic, more than anyone before or since. Was the first to sail north of 88° N latitude.

*Colonel Noel [[Andrew Croft]] ([[1906]] - [[1998]]) - held the record for the longest self-sustaining journey across the Arctic in the [[1930s]] for 60 years and would have been the first man to climb [[Mount Everest]].

*[[Sir Edmund Percival Hillary]] (born [[July 20]], [[1919]]) - New Zealand explorer, together with [[Tenzing Norgay]], the first to climb Mount Everest.

*[[Neil Armstrong]] (born [[August 5]], [[1930]]) - American [[astronaut]] - First [[human]] being to set foot on [[Moon|Luna]] on [[July 20]], [[1969]].