Expedition

An expedition usually means a long journey or voyage done for a specific purpose, often exploratory, scientific, geographic, military or political in nature.

Some famous expeditions
 The Burke and Wills expedition in 1860—61 to cross Australia from south to north.
 The Central Australian Expedition of 1844 led by Charles Sturt to find an Australian inland sea.
 The Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1804—06 to explore Louisiana.
 The Overland Expedition in 1897—98 to rescue whale ships trapped in ice.
 The Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole in 1910—13 led by Robert Falcon Scott.

Category:Exploration