Record of longest time crossing the Artic for 60 years
From New Zealand
First to climb Mount Everest in May 1953
American
I think we all know this! The moon, of course!
Soviet Union
First human to revolve around Earth
Russian
First female cosmonaut
American
Discovered the shipwreck of the RMS Titanic
British
First unsupported crossing of Antarctica
Nationality
Explorer
Where they ended up
Italian
First man to climb all the 14 peaks higher than 8,000 meters
German (I think!)
Discovered numerous shipwrecks including H.L. Hunley
Australian
The first person to make a solo crossing of the Australian Outback by camel
British
In 1986–7 Michael Asher and his wife, Italian-born photographer and Arabist, Mariantonietta Peru, made the first ever west-east crossing of the Sahara desert by camel and on foot
Canadian
He was the first North American to cross the Sahara desert in 1990 alone on camel
American
Salak has done solo exploration to regions such as Borneo, Libya, Iran, Madagascar, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
British
The youngest to traverse the Sahara on foot
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