Transportation Home > About Antarctica > History > Transportation The support party for the Southern Sledging Party (L–R): John Hunter, Herbert Murphy and Charles Laseron, 1912. Photo: Frank Hurley More information Shipping Discover the ships that have enabled surveying, oceanographic and marine science, and resupply for stations over the… Aviation Learn about the history of aviation in Antarctica. Ground transportation For early explorers, ground transport on the Antarctic continent was fraught with difficulty and danger. Previous pageAntarctica’s cultural heritageNext pageCommunications This content was last updated 7 years ago on 31 May 2019.