Explorers
- Gertrude Bell (1868–1926), traveller in Iraq
- Capt. James Cook (1728–1779), sailor explorer
- Charles Montagu Doughty (1843–1926), explorer in the Middle East
- Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540 – 1596)
- Sir Ranulph Fiennes (born 1944), listed as the "greatest living explorer" by the Guinness Book of Records
- Rob Gauntlett (1987–2009), youngest Briton to summit Everest
- Michael Palin (born 1943)
- Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552 – 1618)
- Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912) Antarctic explorer
- Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874–1921) "Sir Ernest Shackleton's name will for evermore be engraved with letters of fire in the history of Antarctic exploration" Roald Amundsen
- Freya Stark (1893–1993), Middle East explorer
- Wilfred Thesiger (1910–2003), explorer in East Africa and the Middle East
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“The forests are held cheap after the white pine has been culled out; and the explorers and hunters pray for rain only to clear the atmosphere of smoke.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Such were the first rude beginnings of a town. They spoke of the practicability of a winter road to the Moosehead Carry, which would not cost much, and would connect them with steam and staging and all the busy world. I almost doubted if the lake would be there,—the self-same lake,—preserve its form and identity, when the shores should be cleared and settled; as if these lakes and streams which explorers report never awaited the advent of the citizen.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)