THE FLIERS & EXPLORERS GLOBE

Aviator. First person to fly a human-powered aircraft, Gossamer Albatross, 22 miles across the English Channel, 1979.

Commander of the submarine Nautilus, first vessel to cross the North Pole by water in 1958.

Pilot, first plane to fly Round-the-World over both Poles, Pole Cat, 1965, with Finch & Martin

Captain, Roosevelt, Peary Expedition to North Pole, 1909, with Henson and Peary; Captain, Karluk, 1913-17, with Stefansson

Navigator, first non-stop Paris-New York flight, Point d'Interrogation, 1930, with Costes

First woman to fly over the North Pole, 1955; Amundsen Search, Hobby, 1928; Leader, Greenland Expeditions 1931-41, with Wood

First to fly to North Pole, Josephine Ford, 1926, and South Pole, Floyd Bennett, 1929, led 3 Antarctic Expeditions between 1928-41, with Gould, Owen, Petersen, & Ronne

Pilot, first non-stop Paris-New York, 1930, with Bellonte; Round the World "Aerial Tour", Nungesser et Coli, 1928, with Le Brix

Pilot, Round the World from Stag Lane Aerodrome, with de Sibour

Commander, Graf Zeppelin, first Round the World flight in a dirigible (lighter than air), 1929

Pilot, first plane to fly Round-the-World over both Poles, Pole Cat, 1965, with Austin & Martin

Navigator, then fastest Round the World flight, Winnie Mae, 1931, with Post

Navigator, first American military flight over North Pole, 1946

First person with Tenzing, to reach the top of Mount Everest, British Everest Expedition, 1953, with Evans & Lowe

First to cross Pacific Ocean San Francisco-Brisbane, Southern Cross, 1928, during Round the World flight, 1928-30, with Lyon

On March 18, 1965, Cosmonaut Leonov stepped out of his spacecraft, Voskhod 2, into history as the first human to walk in space.

Command Module Pilot, first lunar orbital mission, Apollo 8, 1968, with Anders & Borman

Navigator, across Pacific Ocean San Francisco-Brisbane, Southern Cross, 1928, with Kingsford-Smith

Aerial photographer and explorer, best known for her 1937–1938 35,000-mile flight in which she photographed unprecedented images of South America and Africa.

Fram Arctic expedition, record for then farthest north, 1893-6 Nobel Peace Prize, directing relief work in Europe, 1922.

Reporter, New York Times, Byrd Antarctic Expedition I, 1928, Pulitzer Prize “Reporting”, 1930, with Byrd, Gould & Petersen.

First non-stop Round the World flight in a balloon, Breitling Orbiter 3, 1999, with Jones.

First solo Round the World flight, Winnie Mae, 1933. Pilot, then fastest Round-the-World flight, 1931, with Gatty.

Senior geologist, first International Antarctic Expedition, 1949. Leader, Arctic Operations Franklin, 1955, and Stikine, 1956-58.

Geologist, oceanographer, astronaut. First American woman to take a spacewalk from the Space Shuttle Challenger, 1984. First woman to reach the Challenger Deep aboard the DSV Limiting Factor, 2020. First person to both make a spacewalk and reach the lowest point in Earth's ocean.

First seaplane flight Round the World, GronlandWal, 1932.

Deepest ocean dive with Piccard, Challenger Deep (35,800 feet), Trieste, 1960.

Cartographer, Boyd Greenland Expedition II, 1933, with Boyd Leader, AGS expeditions, St. Elias Mountains, Yukon, 1935-41.

First person to reach the South Pole, 1911

First man to walk on the moon, 1969, Mission Commander, Apollo 11, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"

Aviator, First person to pilot a plane over the South Pole, 1929. First person to fly over both the South Pole and the North Pole.

Record-breaking ocean dive in bathysphere (3,028 feet), 1934

Pilot, world speed record, New York-Istanbul in 50 hours, Cape Cod, 1931, with Polando

In 1994 Captain Brigham commanded the epic voyage of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea to the polar limits of the global ocean.

Second to cross Atlantic non-stop in an airplane, Columbia, 1927. First to fly a passenger, US-Europe, 1927

Explorer. One of the first women to winter over in Antarctica with Edith Ronne in 1947.

First woman to fly the Atlantic as a passenger, Friendship, 1928. First woman to fly solo across Atlantic, 1932

First transpolar flights, North Pole, 1926, Norge (dirigible), South Pole, Polar Star (airplane), 1935, with Hollick-Kenyon

Pilot, first westward Atlantic crossing, Bremen, 1928, with Huenefeld and Koehl

First American to orbit the earth, Mercury Program, Friendship 7, 1962

First non-stop Pacific flight California-Hawaii, Bird of Paradise, 1927, with Maitland

Pilot, Polar Star, over South Pole, 1935, with Ellsworth

Pilot, first westward Atlantic crossing, Bremen, 1928, with Fitzmaurice & Huenefeld

First photographed length of Africa by air Capetown-Cairo with wife, Mary, 1937-38; Round the World, Asulinak, 1934

Climber, first successful British Everest expedition, 1953, with Evans & Hillary

First non-stop flight California-Hawaii, Bird of Paradise, 1927, with Hegenberger

First across Atlantic solo non-stop (westward) in an airplane, 1932.

Pilot, first Round the World flight, New Orleans, 1924, US Army Air Corps Douglas Cruisers, with Wade.

First person to reach the North Pole, 1909, with Bartlett & Henson.

Geologist, Lamont-Doherty expedition that discovered evidence of Black Sea (Noah’s?) flood 7,500 years ago, 1996, with Ryan.

Explorer. One of the first women to winter over in Antartica with Jennie Darlington in 1947.

Geologist, Lamont-Doherty expedition that discovered evidence of Mediterranean, 1973-78, and Black Sea floods, 1996, with Pittman.

First woman to climb Mt. Everest successfully (1975).

Pilot, first westward Atlantic crossing, Bremen, 1928, with Fitzmaurice & Koehl

First flight Alaska-Norway and first Antarctic flight, Los Angeles, 1928; First submarine attempt under North Pole, Nautilus, 1931.

Geologist, Shackleton Antarctic Expedition, Endurance, 1914-17. 2nd in command, Scottish Spitzbergen Expeditions, 1919, 1920.

First lunar orbital mission, 1968, Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 8, with Borman & Lovell

Explorer. One of the first women to ski and sail across the Antarctic landmass with Ann Bancroft in 2001.

Explorer. First woman to reach both the North Pole in 1986 by dog sled and the South Pole in 1993 on skis.

Navigator, first transpolar flight from Moscow-Vancouver, Washington, 1937, with Chkalov

Mission Commander, first lunar orbital mission, Apollo 8, 1968, with Anders & Lovell

Round the world flight attempt, 1927. First non-stop Detroit-Miami flight, Pride of Detroit, 1929

Pilot, first transpolar flight from Moscow-Vancouver, Washington, 1937, with Beliakov

Pilot, de Havilland Moth, Round the World flight, with de Sibour

Oceanographer. In 1979, walked on the ocean floor (with diving suit) at a record depth of 1,250 feet below the surface.

Deputy leader, first successful British Everest Expedition, 1953, with Hillary & Lowe

Geologist and 2nd in command, Byrd Antarctic Expedition I, 1928-30, author, Cold, 1931, with Byrd, Owen & Petersen

First African-American at the North Pole, Peary Expedition, 1909, with Bartlett & Peary

First non-stop Round the World flight in a balloon, Breitling Orbiter 3, 1999, with Piccard

Navigator, Round the World "Aerial Tour", Nungesser et Coli, 1928, with Costes

First to cross Atlantic solo non-stop in an airplane, New York-Paris, Spirit of St. Louis, 1927

Chief Pilot, first plane to fly Round-the-World over both Poles, Pole Cat, 1965, with Austin & Finch

Ornithologist, author Oceanic Birds of South America, 1936, Curator, Oceanic Birds, American Museum of Natural History.

Hotel Brevoort owner, offered $25,000 prize for New York-Paris / Paris-New York Atlantic flight, 1919, claimed by Lindbergh, 1927.

Radio Operator, Byrd Antarctic Expedition I & II, 1928-30 and 1933-35, with Byrd, Gould & Owen.

Co-pilot, world speed record, New York-Istanbul in 50 hours, Cape Cod, 1931, with Boardman.

Member, Byrd Antarctic Expeditions II, 1933-35, & III, 1939-41, with Byrd & Petersen; Leader, Ronne Antarctic Expedition 1946-48.

Ethnologist, Anglo-American Polar Expedition, 1906-07; Commander, Canadian Arctic Expedition, Karluk, 1913-17, with Bartlett.

On June 16, 1963, Tereshkova became the first woman in space.

Pilot, first Round the World flight, Boston and Boston II, 1924, US Army Air Corps Douglas Cruisers, with Nelson.

Geologist, introduced concept of “hot spots”, 1963, first identified “transform faults”, 1965, refined theory of plate tectonics, 1960s.