Discovery of Antartica.

Russia post released a souvenir sheet to celebrate 200 years of Discovery of Antarctica on 16th July 2019 depictingsloops "East" and "Peace" with the Antarctica landscape in the background.

  

The first Russian Antarctic expedition of 1819-1821 on the sloops "East" and "Peace" under the command of F.F. Bellingshausen (1778–1852) and M.P. Lazarev (1788–1851). On July 16 (4), 1819, the expedition set sail. The direct discovery of the coast of Antarctica occurred on January 28, 1820.

The sailing of Russian ships lasted 751 days. The expedition gathered valuable information about the nature of the Southern Hemisphere. The results of the round-the-world expedition of Bellingshausen and Lazarev became one of the most significant in the history of world geographical research.

Ships and Explorers stamps from the Tristan da Cunha.

The new set of four stamps from the Tristan da Cunha Post Office released on 9th April 2014 depicts Arctic and Antarctic Explorers and Personalities who have journeyed in Tristan waters. Each stamp depicts an image of one of these seafarers together with the ship most closely associated with them and Tristan da Cunha.

35p – James Weddell and “Jane”
45p – George Nares and “HMS Challenger”
70p – Carsten Borchgrevink and “SS Antarctic”
£1.50p – Dr Alexander Macklin and “Quest”

Centenary of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition

On 2nd August 2011, AAT / Australia Post released a set of 5 stamps which is the first in a four-year program of stamps celebrating the centenary of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE).These stamps can also be used from Australia.

The first expedition team left Hobart in December, 1911 under the command of Douglas Mawson and returned to Adelaide in February, 1914.After departing Hobart in the Aurora, captained by John King Davis, the expedition team landed t Macquarie Island where it established a radio camp. The party then continued its voyage to the Antarctic continent, arriving at Cape Denison, the main base of the expedition team and referred to as the birthplace of Australia’s Antarctic territory. Ownership of the territory was formally transferred to Australia in 1936.

Five stamps depicts as follows:
1. The SY Aurora carried the expedition to and from Hobart.
2. Captain John King Davis, Captain of the ship SY Aurora, and second-in-command of the expedition.
3. The SY Aurora on Antarctic voyage.
4. Landing at Macquarie Island.
5. Birdlife of Macquarie Island.