| NANSEN | Fridtjof -; humanitarian and explorer who led the first expedition to cross the Greenland ice sheet (6) |
| ROALDAMUNDSEN | Norwegian explorer who led the first expedition to the South Pole in the early 1900s: 2 wds. |
| FUCHS | Sir Vivien --, leader of an expedition to cross Antarctica overland in 1957-8 (5) |
| BURKE | Robert O'Hara, 19c Irish explorer who led the first expedition across Australia from south to north (5) |
| COLUMBUS | Italian navigator and explorer who led expeditions to the New World (8) |
| SCOTT | British naval officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic (6,6,5) |
| ROBERTFALCON | British naval officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic (6,6,5) |
| VITUSBERING | Danish navigator and explorer who led Russia's Great Northern Expedition of 1733-43 (5,6) |
| BOWHEAD | The Greenland right whale with a lifespan of some 200 years or more, making it the longest-living mammal on Earth (7) |
| IDIOT | It's some continuity for the Greenland people (5) |
| DOGBERRY | Shrub also known as the Greenland mountain ash (8) |
| AMUNDSEN | Explorer who led the first successful expedition to the South Pole |
| ABEL | Dutch explorer who led the first European expedition to reach New Zealand, ... Tasman |
| CAPTAINCOOK | British explorer who led the first European visit to Australia and Hawaii |
| ABELTASMAN | Dutch explorer who led the first known European expedition to reach Van Diemen's Land |
| PEARY | Robert Edwin ___, US arctic explorer regarded as the leader of the first expedition to reach the North Pole (April 6 1909) (5) |
| MAGELLAN | Which Portuguese explorer captained the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, although he died before its conclusion? (8) |
| MATTY | Explorer McNair who led the first all-female expedition to to the Geographic North Pole |
| LEWIS | Meriwether ---, American explorer who led the Corps of Discovery to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase with William Clark (5) |
| VASCODAGAMA | In 1497, who led the first European expedition round the Cape of Good Hope? (5,2,4) |
