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This list is for recognised pioneering [[explorer]]s of the [[polar regions]]. It does not include subsequent travelers and expeditions.

==Polar explorers==
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* [[Jameson Adams]]
* [[Mark Agnew]]
* [[Stian Aker]]
* [[Valerian Albanov]]
* [[Roald Amundsen]]
* [[Salomon August Andrée]]
* [[Piotr Fyodorovich Anjou]]
* [[Henryk Arctowski]]
* [[Josée Auclair]]
* [[Mikhail Babushkin]]
* [[Konstantin Badygin]]
* [[Karl Baer]]
* [[Georgiy Baidukov]]
* [[Ann Bancroft]]
* [[Willem Barents]]
* [[Michael Barne]]
* [[Robert Bartlett (explorer)|Robert Bartlett]]
* [[Nikifor Begichev]]
* [[Fabian von Bellingshausen]]
* [[Robert Mallory Berry|Robert M. Berry]]
* [[Edward W. Bingham]]
* [[Olav Bjaaland]]
* [[Alfred Björling]]
* [[Carsten Borchgrevink]]
* [[Jon Bowermaster]]
* [[Henry Robertson Bowers]]
* [[Louise Arner Boyd]]
* [[Edward Bransfield]]
* [[Philip Brocklehurst]]
* [[William Speirs Bruce]]
* [[Georgy Brusilov]]
* [[Daniel Byles]]
* [[Richard Evelyn Byrd]]
* [[Todd Carmichael]]
* [[Umberto Cagni]]
* [[Jacques Cartier]]
* [[Jean-Baptiste Charcot]]
* [[Semion Chelyuskin]]
* [[Apsley Cherry-Garrard]]
* [[Vasili Chichagov]]
* [[Valery Chkalov]]
* [[Jeremy Clarkson]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1070690|title=Polar Special|website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>
* [[George Comer]]
* [[Sebastian Copeland]]
* [[Frederick Cook|Frederick A. Cook]]
* [[James Cook]]
* [[Henry Cookson]]
* [[Augustine Courtauld]]
* [[Albert P. Crary]]
* [[Tom Crean (explorer)|Tom Crean]]
* [[Lars Christensen]]
* [[Andrew Croft]]
* [[Francis Crozier]]
* [[Ann Daniels]]
* [[Edgeworth David]]
* [[Jason De Carteret]]
* [[Edwin de Haven]]
* [[George W. De Long]]
* [[Nina Demme]]
* [[Antoni Bolesław Dobrowolski]]
* [[Erich von Drygalski]]
* [[George J. Dufek]]
* [[Jules Dumont d'Urville]]
* [[Lincoln Ellsworth]]
* [[Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans|Edward Evans]]
* [[Edgar Evans]]
* [[Sir Ranulph Fiennes]]
* [[Dwayne Fields]]
* [[John Franklin]]
* [[Peter Freuchen]]
* [[Martin Frobisher]]
* [[Vivian Fuchs]]
* [[Tobias Furneaux]]
* [[Yakov Gakkel]]
* [[Matvei Gedenschtrom]]
* [[Adrien de Gerlache]]
* [[Johann Georg Gmelin]]
* [[Adolphus Greely]]
* [[Pen Hadow]]
* [[Charles Francis Hall]]
* [[Helmer Hanssen]]
* [[Bernhard Hantzsch]]
* [[Sverre Hassel]]
* [[Isaac Israel Hayes]]
* [[Samuel Hearne]]
* [[Matthew A. Henson]]
* [[Wally Herbert]]
* [[Alex Hibbert]]
* [[Edmund Hillary]]
* [[John Hornby]]
* [[Andreas Peter Hovgaard]]
* [[Henry Hudson]]
* [[John Huston (polar explorer)|John Huston]]
* [[Edward Israel]]
* [[Hjalmar Johansen]]
* [[Antony Jinman]]
* [[Erling Kagge]]
* [[Otto Kalvitsa]]
* [[Elisha Kent Kane]]
* [[Sydney L. Kirkby]]
* [[Gerald Ketchum]]
* [[Maria Klenova]]
* [[Lauge Koch]]
* [[Aleksandr Kolchak]]
* [[Nikolai Kolomeitsev]]
* [[Alexander Kuchin]]
* [[Paul Landry]]
* [[Dmitry Laptev]]
* [[Khariton Laptev]]
* [[Carl Anton Larsen]]
* [[Georges Lecointe (explorer)|Georges Lecointe]]
* [[Christian Leden]]
* [[Ernest de Koven Leffingwell]]
* [[Percy Lemon]]
* [[Godske Lindenov]]
* [[Sir Martin Lindsay, 1st Baronet|Martin Lindsay]]
* [[Fyodor Litke]]
* [[Ivan Lyakhov]]
* [[Alistair Mackay]]
* [[Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)|Alexander MacKenzie]]
* [[Aeneas Mackintosh]]
* [[Cecil Madigan]]
* [[Rune Malterud]]
* [[Stepan Malygin]]
* [[Donal T. Manahan]]
* [[Albert Hastings Markham]]
* [[James Marr (biologist)|James Marr]]
* [[Eric Marshall]]
* [[Fyodor Matisen]]
* [[Fyodor Matyushkin]]
* [[Douglas Mawson]]
* [[James May]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1070690|title=Polar Special|website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>
* [[Francis Leopold McClintock]]
* [[Jim McNeill]]
* [[Janice Meek]]
* [[Alexander von Middendorff]]
* [[Ejnar Mikkelsen]]
* [[Fyodor Minin]]
* [[Gerhard Friedrich Müller|Gerhard Muller]]
* [[Fridtjof Nansen]]
* [[George Nares]]
* [[Alfred Gabriel Nathorst]]
* [[Edward Nelson (marine biologist)|Edward Nelson]]
* [[Umberto Nobile]]
* [[Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld]]
* [[Otto Nordenskjöld]]
* [[Børge Ousland]]
* [[Dmitry Ovtsyn]]
* [[Pyotr Pakhtusov]]
* [[Nathaniel Palmer]]
* [[Ivan Papanin]]
* [[William Parry (explorer)|William Parry]]
* [[Charlie Paton]]
* [[Fiann Paul]]
* [[Robert Edwin Peary]]
* [[Yakov Permyakov]]
* [[Eric Philips (explorer)|Eric Philips]]
* [[Ralph Plaisted]]
* [[Fedot Popov]]
* [[Richard Profit]]
* [[Vasili Pronchishchev]]
* [[Maria Pronchishcheva]]
* [[Lewis Gordon Pugh]]
* [[Emil Racovita]]
* [[Pierre-Esprit Radisson]]
* [[John Rae (explorer)|John Rae]]
* [[Knud Rasmussen]]
* [[Andrew Regan]]
* [[George W. Rice (photographer)|George W. Rice]]
* [[John Richardson (naturalist)|John Richardson]]
* [[Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen]]
* [[Quintin Riley]]
* [[Alfred Ritscher]]
* [[Edith Ronne]]
* [[Finn Ronne]]
* [[James Clark Ross]]
* [[John Ross (Arctic explorer)|John Ross]]
* [[Vladimir Rusanov]]
* [[John Rymill]]
* [[Rudolf Samoylovich]]
* [[Yakov Sannikov]]
* [[Ben Saunders (explorer)|Ben Saunders]]
* [[Otto Schmidt]]
* [[William Scoresby]]
* [[Robert Falcon Scott]]
* [[Georgy Sedov]]
* [[Ernest Shackleton]]
* [[Nobu Shirase]]
* [[Pyotr Shirshov]]
* [[Ivan Simonov]]
* [[Paul Siple]]
* [[Mikhail Somov]]
* [[Pavel Senko]]
* [[Mikhail Stadukhin]]
* [[Vilhjalmur Stefansson]]
* [[Will Steger]]
* [[Otto Sverdrup]]
* [[Robert Swan]]
* [[Eduard Toll]]
* [[Yevgeny Tolstikov]]
* [[Alexey Tryoshnikov]]
* [[Avgust Tsivolko]]
* [[Nikolay Urvantsev]]
* [[Georgy Ushakov]]
* [[Merkury Vagin]]
* [[Boris Vilkitsky]]
* [[Vladimir Vize]]
* [[Lawrence Wager]]
* [[Paul Walker (Arctic explorer)|Paul Walker]]
* [[Carl Frederick Wandel]]
* [[Gino Watkins]]
* [[Richard Weber (explorer)|Richard Weber]]
* [[James Weddell]]
* [[Walter Wellman]]
* [[Frank Wild]]
* [[Hubert Wilkins]]
* [[Edward Wilson (explorer)|Edward Wilson]]
* [[Oscar Wisting]]
* [[Frank Worsley]]
* [[Ferdinand von Wrangel]]
* [[Nikolai Pinegin]]
* [[Émile Danco]]
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==See also==
* [[List of Russian explorers]]
* [[List of female explorers and travelers]]

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==References==
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