The term EXPLORER ANTARCTIC refers to three famous explorers of the Antarctic region: Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest Shackleton, and James Clark Ross. Scott was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic region in 1901 and 1910-1913. Ernest Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic region between 1901 and 1922. James Clark Ross was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic region in 1839 and 1843. All three explorers made significant contributions to the exploration of the Antarctic region.