Other notable surface expeditions include the first confirmed to reach the pole (1968; via snowmobile), the first to traverse the polar region (1969; Alaska to Svalbard, via dog sled), and the first to travel to the pole and back without resupply (1986; also via dog sled); the last expedition also included the first woman to reach the pole, American Ann Bancroft.
The first notable Russian expedition under Prince Aleksandr Bekovich-Cherkasski in 1717 met with failure; however, in 1869 a Russian military force landed on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea and founded the port of Krasnovodsk (now Turkmenbashi).
Some of his more notable real estate expeditions included the conversion of Boston's historic Charles Street Jail into a luxury hotel, the construction of the 42 story St . Regis Hoteland Residences in San Francisco, and development of Charles Square, an 800,000 square foot project that included the iconic Charles Hotel near Harvard University.
Overall, expedition size has tended to decrease across time, with a notable exception the expedition of 2005 with 33 people, which is exceptionally large and stands out as an outlier.
The Polish-Mongolian expeditions were notable for being led by women, among the first to name new dinosaurs.
The expedition's notable achievement was reaching 82°29'N latitude by ship, a record at the time.
Modern efforts to study systematically the physical and biological properties of the Atlantic began in earnest during the 1800s and were notable for several pioneering research expeditions, the results of which form the basis for present-day scientific understanding of the oceans.
(Other notable investors have included Bezos Expeditions, QED, TomorrowVentures, Trilogy and the IFC).
Though seen partly as a "matter of prestige" brought on by contemporary newspaper reports that claimed "'certain Foreign Powers'" were planning such a journey, and also as a "reaction" by Williams to Goble's 1924 expedition, it was notable as the first international flight undertaken by an RAAF plane and crew.
American paleontologist who discovered several notable dinosaur species while on field expeditions in Africa, Asia, and South America.
Paul Sereno, in full Paul Callistus Sereno, (born Oct. 11, 1957, Aurora, Ill., U.S ., American paleontologist who discovered several notable dinosaur species while on field expeditions in Africa, Asia, and South America.
