1911 - 1914 CENTENARY OF AUSTRALASIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

1911 DEPARTURE & JOURNEY

1912 ARRIVAL & EXPLORATION

PHILIP LAW 1912 - 2010

POLAR 2012 (Schwarzenberg, Erzgeb) 08 - 09 2012 GERMANY

QAANAAQ (Greenland)

Qaanaaq, formerly Thule or New Thule, is the main town in the northern part of theQaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is one of the northernmost towns in the world.

TASILLAQ (Greenland)

ITTOQQORTOORMIIT (Greenland)

NETHERLAND ARCTIC STATION, (Ny-Alesund)

LONGYEARBYEN

ANT-25

The Tupolev ANT-25 was a Soviet long-range experimental aircraft which was also tried as a bomber. First constructed in 1933, it was used by the Soviet Union for a number of record-breaking flights.

On July 6, 2012 the Russian post issues a stamp devoted to the 75 anniversary of record transpolar flight on route Moscow – the North Pole – Saint-Dzhasinto (USA).
On stamp is represented the plane ANT-25-1 against the flight route map.






On June 8, 2012 the Russian post issues a stamp dated for the 75 anniversary of the first transpolar non-stop flight on a route Moscow – the North Pole – Vancouver.
On stamp is presented the ANT-25 plane against the map with flight route.

OTTO IUL'EVICH SCHMIDT

In 1934 Otto Iul'evich Schmidt (1891-1956) let an expedition to the Arctic on the icebreaker Cheliuskin. The ship was trapped by the ice and finally crushed. 104 crew members escaped onto the ice, and survived for two months before being rescued by planes.
The minisheet issued by Belarus in 2001 features the Arctic ice sheet with a red line marking the course of the Cheliuskin to its grave, pictures of the members of the crew and expedition who had to leave the ship, and, at the bottom of the sheet, the plane which rescued them. At the top of the sheet next to the middle perforations are three islands rising out of the Polar ice cap. I believe that they represent the Severnaya Zemlya.
On the stamp is a picture of Schmidt, a number of books which represent the books he published, and on the left side of the stamp a small map of the Severnaya Zemlya with a red arrow pointing to "Ostrov Schmidt" (Schmidt Island), which was designated to honor the explorer.

ROSS DEPENDENCY, 50th ANNIVERSARY OF ANTARCTIC TREATY (2009)

SPITSBERGEN, BARENTSBURG

KAZAKHSTAN PPRG

"XX COMNAP" INTERNATIONAL ANTARCTIC CONFERENCE 2008

THIS SPECIAL CANCELLED COVER IS ABOUT "XX COMNAP" WHICH TOOK PLACE IN 2008 AT SAINT PETERSBURG (29.06.2008 - 04.07.2008).
COMNAP MEANS (COUNCIL OF MANAGERS OF NATIONAL ANTARCTIC PROGRAMS)

RUSSIAN POLAR EXPLORERS (2000)

RUSSIAN POLAR BEARS (1987)

RUSSIA, 50th ANNIVERSARY OF ANTARCTIC TREATY, 2009

50th ANNIVERSARY OF RUSSIAN RESEARCH OF ANTARCTIC 2006

VENEZUELA 2010 ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

NORTHERNMOST SETTLEMENT OF ICELAND, GRIMSEY ISLAND

Grímsey is a small island in the country of Iceland. Grímsey is the northernmost inhabited Icelandic territory; the islet of Kolbeinsey lies further north, but is uninhabited. The closest land is the island of Flatey, Skjálfandi, 39.4 kilometres (24.5 mi) to the south. The Arctic Circle runs through the island, while the entirety of mainland Iceland lies south of the Arctic Circle. It is located on 66°33′N 18°00′W .