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Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) coordinated observing period (2017–2019)

2012 - 2024

William Edward Parry's Arctic Voyages toward the Northwest Passage (1818–1821)

1818 - 1821

Victorian Search Expeditions for Sir John Franklin (1847–1876)

1848 - 1876

USS Nautilus, USS Skate and Early Submarine Under-Ice Transits to the North Pole (1958–1959)

1954 - 1959

US National Science Foundation Arctic Research Program development and funding cycles (1980–present)

1984 - 2025

Terra Nova Expedition (Robert F. Scott, 1910–1913)

1910 - 1913

Swedish Antarctic Expedition (Otto Nordenskjöld, 1901–1904)

1901 - 1904

Soviet-era Development of the Northern Sea Route (1932–1991)

1932 - 1991

Soviet and Russian Nuclear Icebreaker Program (1957–present)

1957 - 2025

Southern Ocean Observing System expeditions and observing network (2009–present)

2009 - 2026

Shackleton–Rowett (Quest) Expedition (1919–1922)

1920 - 1922

Second Grinnell and Related American Arctic Expeditions (1850–1860s)

1850 - 1860

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