• John Cabot (d. 1498?): 1497, 1498
• Sir Martin Frobisher (ca. 1535-1594): 1576, 1577, 1578
• John Davis (1550?-1605): 1585, 1586, 1587
• Henry Hudson (d. 1611): 1607, 1608, 1609, 1610
• William Baffin (d. 1622): 1615, 1616
• Thomas James (1593?-1635?): 1631-1632
• Luke Foxe (1586-1635): 1631
• William Moor and Francis Smith: 1746-1747
• Samuel Hearne (1745-1792): 1769-1772
• James Cook (1728-1779): 1776-1780
• Sir Alexander Mackenzie (d. 1820): 1789
• Sir John Ross (1777-1856): 1818
• Sir William Edward Parry (1790-1855): 1819-1820
• Sir John Franklin (1786-1847): 1819-1822
• Sir John Franklin: 1825-1827
• Sir John Ross and Sir James Clark Ross (1800-1862): 1829-1833
• Sir John Franklin: 1845-1848

Franklin Search Expeditions:

• John Rae (1813-1893): 1853-1854
• Sir Francis Leopold M'Clintock (1819-1907): 1857-1859

First Successful Transit:

• Roald Amundsen (1872-1928): 1903-1906