List of centenarians (explorers)
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The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as explorers – known for reasons other than their longevity
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The word "longevity" is sometimes used as a synonym for "life expectancy" in demography or known as "long life", especially when it concerns someone or something lasting longer than expected ....
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| Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riccardo Cassin Riccardo Cassin Riccardo Cassin was an Italian mountaineer, developer of mountaineering equipment and author.-Life:Born at San Vito al Tagliamento, Friuli, Cassin was one of the leading mountaineers of the inter-war period; in all, Cassin made a total of 2,500 ascents, of which over 100 were first ascents... |
1909–2009 | 100 | Italian mountaineer Mountaineering Mountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed mountains it has branched into specialisations that address different aspects of the mountain and consists... |
| Hulda Crooks Hulda Crooks Hulda Crooks was an American mountaineer. Affectionately known as "Grandma Whitney" she successfully scaled Mount Whitney 23 times between the ages of 65 and 91. She had climbed 97 other peaks during this period.... |
1896–1997 | 101 | American mountaineer |
| Alexandra David-Néel Alexandra David-Néel Alexandra David-Néel born Louise Eugénie Alexandrine Marie David was a Belgian-French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist and writer, most known for her visit to Lhasa, Tibet, in 1924, when it was forbidden to foreigners... |
1868–1969 | 100 | French explorer, anarchist Anarchism Anarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, or alternatively as opposing authority in the conduct of human relations... , spiritualist Spiritualism Spiritualism is a belief system or religion, postulating the belief that spirits of the dead residing in the spirit world have both the ability and the inclination to communicate with the living... , Buddhist Buddhism Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th... and writer |
| Ardito Desio Ardito Desio Count Ardito Desio was an Italian explorer, mountain climber, geologist, and cartographer.-Early life:Desio was born in Palmanova, Friuli, Italy... |
1897–2001 | 104 | Italian explorer Exploration Exploration is the act of searching or traveling around a terrain for the purpose of discovery of resources or information. Exploration occurs in all non-sessile animal species, including humans... , mountain climber, geologist Geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using... and cartographer Cartography Cartography is the study and practice of making maps. Combining science, aesthetics, and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively.The fundamental problems of traditional cartography are to:*Set the map's... |
| Alf Howard Alf Howard Alf Howard was an Australian scientist, educator and explorer. He was most prominently known for being the last remaining member of the expedition to Antarctica, which was led by Sir Douglas Mawson on-board the RRS Discovery in 1929-1931... |
1906–2010 | 104 | Australian explorer, scientist and educator |
| Helge Ingstad Helge Ingstad Helge Marcus Ingstad was a Norwegian explorer. After mapping some Norse settlements, Ingstad and his wife Anne Stine, an archaeologist, in 1960 found remnants of a Viking settlement in L'Anse aux Meadows in the Province of Newfoundland in Canada... |
1899–2001 | 101 | Norwegian explorer |
| Freya Stark Freya Stark Dame Freya Madeline Stark, Mrs. Perowne, DBE was a British explorer and travel writer. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels, which were mainly in Arabia, Iran and Afghanistan.... |
1893–1993 | 100 | British travel writer |
| Norman D. Vaughan Norman D. Vaughan Colonel Norman Dane Vaughan was an American dogsled driver and explorer whose first claim to fame was participating in Admiral Byrd's first expedition to the South Pole... |
1905–2005 | 100 | American Arctic Arctic The Arctic is a region located at the northern-most part of the Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, Russia, Greenland, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The Arctic region consists of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treeless permafrost... explorer |
| Jean-Frédéric Waldeck Jean-Frédéric Waldeck Jean-Frédéric Maximilien de Waldeck was a French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer.-Biography:... |
1766–1875 | 109 | French explorer |