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| 1869 |
| | | The proprietor of the New York Herald gives Henry Morton Stanley a very concise commission – 'Find Livingstone' | |
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| 1871 |
| | | Stanley, finding Livingstone at Ujiji, greets him with four words which become famous – 'Dr Livingstone, I presume' | |
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| 1874 |
| | | Stanley sets off from Bagamoyo, intending to resume the exploration of central Africa where Livingstone left off | |
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| 1876 |
| | | Stanley passes Nyangwe on the Lualaba, the furthest point down the Congo river system reached by Livingstone | |
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| 1877 |
| | | Stanley completes his exploration of the Congo, reaching the Atlantic coast at Boma after a three-year journey | |
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| 1893 |
| | | Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen sails into the Arctic in the purpose-built Fram, beginning a three-year expedition to reach the North Pole | |
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| 1901 |
| | | Robert Falcon Scott sets off in the Discovery on his first expedition to the Antarctic | |
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| 1906 |
| | | Roald Amundsen and his crew are the first to achieve the Northwest Passage, in a journey lasting three years in a 70-ft fishing boat | |
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| 1908 |
| | | Ernest Shackleton, leading an expedition to the Antarctic, locates the south magnetic pole | |
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| 1909 |
| | | Sea captain Joseph-Elzéar Bernier unveils a plaque in the Arctic Archipelago, declaring that all the islands belong to Canada | |
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