Discovery Expedition (1901-1904)

The Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since the voyage of James Clark Ross sixty years earlier (1839–1843).

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Which happened first?

• Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) and Gauss expedition began in the same year
• Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) began 3 years after Southern Cross Expedition
• Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) began 4 years after S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897
• Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) began 4 years after Belgian Antarctic Expedition
• Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) began 6 years before British Antarctic Expedition (1907–1909)

Timeline

1. Belgian Antarctic ExpeditionAugust 16, 1897 – November 5, 1899
2. S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897July 1897 – October 1897
3. Southern Cross ExpeditionAugust 22, 1898 – April 1, 1900
4. Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) (this page)1901–1904
5. Gauss expeditionAugust 11, 1901 – 1903
6. British Antarctic Expedition (1907–1909)August 1907 – March 1909

Related

• Lewis and Clark ExpeditionMay 14, 1804 – September 23, 1806
• Amundsen's South Pole expeditionJune 3, 1910 – January 30, 1912
• Terra Nova ExpeditionJune 1, 1910 – June 14, 1913
• Franklin's lost expeditionMay 19, 1845 – 1848
• Expedition EnduranceAugust 8, 1914 – January 1917
• Nansen's Fram expedition (1893–1896)1893–1896
• Japanese Antarctic ExpeditionDecember 1, 1910 – June 20, 1912
• Shackleton–Rowett Expedition1921–1922