Antarctic Regions, 1912
Map of the South Polar Region showing the routes of several Antarctic explorations. Shows the date Amundsen first reached the South Pole.

Arctic Regions, 1912
Map of the North Polar region with expeditions from 1850-1909 indicated. Shows the site of the sinking of the Jeanette and the date that Peary became the first person to reach the North Pole.

North Polar Region, 1594/1902
A map of the North Polar Region with stars indicating advances made toward the pole from 1594 to 1902. Map was created before the North Pole was reached by Peary in 1909. Shows the site of the sinking of the Jeanette in 1881. North Polar Expeditions, expeditions of explorations in the regions about the North Pole. The object of the earliest expeditions to the Arctic regions was to discover a shorter commercial maritime route to China and India. The first expeditions for the discovery of the northeast passage was that of Sir Hugh Willoughby in 1553. The search was actively continued by Burroughs (1556), Barentz (1594-96), Hudson, and Behring (1741). These expeditions rendered good service to geography, by making accurate surveys of Spitzbergen, Nova Zembla and Waygatz; but it was in 1878 that the Swedish explorer, Nordenskjöld, discovered the northeast passage. —Vaughn,1906

Region Around the North Pole, 1865-1898
Map of Region Around the North Pole.

The Earth on a Polar Projection, 1891
Map of the Earth on a Polar Projection.

View from the North Pole, 1910
A map looking down on the north pole, to show how the meridians come to a point at the north pole. Notice that if the 0 meridian were continued, it would unite with the meridian 180.