Which polar explorer are you?

In 1914, together with a crew of 27 Shackleton hoped to be the first to traverse the Antarctic. Their vessel Endurance became trapped in the ice and the expedition had to set up camp. Eventually they reached Elephant Island and sailed a small lifeboat 800 miles to safety, before returning to rescue the remaining men.

He reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912, a month after Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. Exhausted by their efforts, Scott’s crew was hit by a blizzard on the return journey and never made it home. But his legend lives on. 

A wild Icelander who was always getting into trouble, Eric set off to explore a vast landmass to the east, which turned out to be Greenland. He returned home and managed to convince more than 400 people to join him settling this new land. Oh yes, and he did all this in the 10th century.    

The first man to reach the South Pole, beating Scott to it by a month in 1911, he was also the first to have visited both North and South Poles, reaching the other in 1926. He was also the first to traverse the Northwest Passage. It’s safe to say Roald liked to be first.    

An American explorer who claimed he had reached the North Pole on an expedition in 1908-1909. His claim remains hotly contested to this day, with some estimating he was actually around 60 miles short of his goal. Nevertheless, Peary remains one of history’s great explorers, so it’s not all bad news.  

He had some unconventional ideas about polar exploration, believing any ship that stuck in the ice would simply end up at the pole. Determined to prove his theory he set off on his specially designed ship, Fram, got stuck in the ice and remained there for 18 months. He then set off on foot, not quite reaching the pole but setting a record for the furthest travel north.    

Not content with being the first person to reach the summit of Everest, along with Tenzing Norgay, he also visited both Poles, making him the first person to achieve this feat.