IC-001 · 1848
Polar expedition · Canadian Arctic
Franklin’s Lost Expedition — every man died, and the Inuit were right all along
King William Island, 1848 · All lost
IC-002 · 1912
Polar expedition · Antarctica
Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition — five men reached the Pole second and died walking home
Ross Ice Shelf, 1912 · Polar party lost
IC-003 · 1884
Polar expedition · Canadian Arctic
The Greely Expedition — resupply failed twice, and nineteen of twenty-five starved
Cape Sabine, 1884 · Most died
IC-004 · 1914
Polar expedition · Canadian Arctic
The Karluk — the leader left, the ship was crushed, and eleven of twenty-five died
Wrangel Island, 1914 · Partial loss
IC-005 · 1897
Polar expedition · Svalbard & the Arctic pack
Andrée’s Arctic Balloon Expedition — three men flew north into the ice and never came back
Kvitøya (White Island), 1897 · All died
IC-006 · 1881
Polar expedition · Siberian Arctic & the Lena Delta
The Jeannette Expedition — a warm-sea theory that froze a ship and killed twenty men
Lena Delta, Siberia, 1881 · Most died
IC-007 · 1913
Polar expedition · Antarctica, Adélie Land
Mawson’s Far Eastern Party — two men died on the ice and one walked back alone
Cape Denison, 1913 · Partial loss
IC-008 · 1916
Polar expedition · Weddell Sea, Antarctica
Shackleton’s Endurance Expedition — the ship was lost, every one of the 28 men was not
Elephant Island and South Georgia, 1916 · All survived
IC-009 · 1899
Polar expedition · Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica
The Belgica Expedition — the first Antarctic winter nearly drove the crew mad
Beset in the Bellingshausen Sea, 1898–99 · Survived the ordeal
IC-010 · 1597
Polar expedition · Novaya Zemlya, Russian Arctic
Willem Barentsz on Nova Zembla — the first Arctic winter killed its navigator, and saved his name
Novaya Zemlya and the open boats, 1597 · Partial loss
IC-011 · 1928
Polar expedition · Svalbard and the Arctic pack
The Italia Airship — it fell on the ice, and the rescue killed more than the crash
The pack ice north of Svalbard, 1928 · Partial loss
IC-012 · 1916
Polar expedition · Antarctica, the Ross Sea side
The Ross Sea Party — three men died laying depots for a crossing that never came
Ross Island, Antarctica, 1916 · Partial loss
IC-013 · 1914
Polar expedition · The Russian Arctic, Kara Sea
The Brusilov Expedition — the ship drifted off the map, and only two men walked out
The drifting Arctic pack, 1914 · Most died
IC-014 · 1912
Polar expedition · Antarctica
Scott’s Northern Party — six men, one snow cave, one Antarctic winter, all alive
Inexpressible Island, 1912 · Survived the ordeal
IC-015 · 1917
Polar expedition · Canadian Arctic
The Crocker Land Expedition — four years chasing a continent that was never there
Etah, Greenland, 1917 · Partial loss