Timeline
| Antarctic expeditions |
| International agreements |
- 1932 (1932)-1933 – International Polar Year
- 1957 (1957)-1958 – International Geophysical Year
- 1959 (1959)-1959 – Antarctic Treaty System
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| British Empire / Commonwealth |
- 1901 (1901)-1904 – Scott's first expedition
- 1907 (1907)-1909 – Shackleton's first expedition
- 1910 (1910)-1913 – Scott's second expedition
- 1911 (1911)-1914 – Mawson's first expedition
- 1914 (1914)-1917 – Shackleton's second expedition
- 1921 (1921)-1922 – Shackleton's third expedition
- 1929 (1929)-1931 – Mawson's second expedition
- 1934 (1934)-1937 – Graham Land expedition
- 1943 (1943)-1945 – Operation Tabarin
- 1955 (1955)-1958 – Trans-Antarctic Expedition
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| France |
- 1903 (1903)-1905 – Charcot's first expedition
- 1908 (1908)-1910 – Charcot's second expedition
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| Germany |
- 1901 (1901)-1903 – Drygalski (Gauss) expedition
- 1911 (1911)-1912 – Filchner expedition
- 1938 (1938)-1939 – New Swabia expedition
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| Japan |
- 1910 (1910)-1912 – Japanese Antarctic Expedition
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| Norway |
- 1910 (1910)-1912 – Amundsen expedition
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| Sweden |
- 1901 (1901)-1904 – Swedish Antarctic Expedition
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| United States |
- 1928 (1928)-1930 – Byrd's first expedition
- 1946 (1946)-1947 – Operation Highjump
- 1947 (1947)-1948 – Operation Windmill
- 1947 (1947)-1948 – Ronne expedition
- 1955 (1955)-1956 – Operation Deep Freeze
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The Western Group of ships reached the Marquesas Islands on December 12, 1946, whereupon the Henderson and Cacapon set up weather monitoring stations. By the 24th, the Currituck had begun launching aircraft on reconnaissance missions.
The Eastern Group of ships reached Peter I Island in late December 1946.
On January 1, 1947, LCDR Thompson and Chief Petty Officer Dixon utilized "Jack Browne" masks and DESCO Oxygen rebreathers to log the first dive by Americans under the Antarctic. Paul Allman Siple, PhD was the senior U.S. War Department representative on the expedition. Dr. Siple was the same Eagle Scout who accompanied Admiral Byrd on the previous Byrd Antarctic expeditions.