Irish
- Robin Hanbury-Tenison (1936-????)
- Made the first land crossing of South America at its widest part (1958)
- Explored the southern Sahara (1962-1966)
- Francis Leopold McClintock (1819-1907)
- Discovered the fate of the John Franklin expedition and further explored the Canadian Arctic
- Robert John le Mesurier McClure (1807-1873)
- On a search for John Franklin, first to pass through the Northwest Passage (1850-1854)
- John Palliser (1817-1887)
- Led a scientific expedition to Western Canada, gathering much information on the Southern Prairies (1857-1860)
- Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922)
- Made an Antarctic expedition with Robert Scott (1901-1904)
- Reached 88° 23' S., and located the magnetic South Pole (1907-1909)
