History of
Arctic Exploration
Humans have been fascinated by the Arctic and have been on
many an expedition to learn as much about it as possible.
We now know a lot more about the Arctic, but unfortunately
there have been many tragedies along the way!
330 BC
Pytheas was a Greek merchant, geographer and explorer who explored Britain and the waters
north of Scotland. He described an island six days sailing north of Britain called “Thule.” Pytheas
was the first person to record a de ͍ɥ