Southern Cross Expedition

The Southern Cross Expedition, otherwise known as the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900, was the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, and the forerunner of the more celebrated journeys of Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton.

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Which happened first?

• Southern Cross Expedition began 1 year after S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897
• Southern Cross Expedition began 1 year after Belgian Antarctic Expedition
• Southern Cross Expedition began 3 years before Discovery Expedition (1901-1904)
• Southern Cross Expedition began 3 years before Gauss expedition
• Southern Cross Expedition began 5 years after Nansen's Fram expedition (1893–1896)

Timeline

1. Nansen's Fram expedition (1893–1896)1893–1896
2. Belgian Antarctic ExpeditionAugust 16, 1897 – November 5, 1899
3. S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897July 1897 – October 1897
4. Southern Cross Expedition (this page)August 22, 1898 – April 1, 1900
5. Discovery Expedition (1901-1904)1901–1904
6. Gauss expeditionAugust 11, 1901 – 1903

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
• British Antarctic Expedition (1907–1909)August 1907 – March 1909
• Franklin's lost expeditionMay 19, 1845 – 1848
• Expedition EnduranceAugust 8, 1914 – January 1917
• Japanese Antarctic ExpeditionDecember 1, 1910 – June 20, 1912
• Shackleton–Rowett Expedition1921–1922