Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition

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Activities in Antarctica During the 20th Century
International agreements
International Polar Year (1932–33) International Geophysical Year (1957–58) Antarctic Treaty System (1959)
British Commonwealth activities
Scott's 1st expedition (1901–04)
Shackleton's 1st expedition (1907–09)
Scott's 2nd expedition (1910–13)
Mawson's 1st expedition (1911–1914)
Shackleton's 2nd expedition (1914–17)
Shackleton's 3rd expedition (1921–22)
Mawson's 2nd expedition (1929–31)
The Graham Land Expedition (1934–37)
Operation Tabarin (1943–45)
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (Fuchs-Hillary 1955–58)
French activities
Charcot's 1st expedition (1903–05)
Charcot's 2nd expedition (1908–10)
German activities
Drygalski's expedition (1901–03)
Filchner's expedition (1911–12)
The New Swabia Expedition (1938–39)
Norwegian activity
Amundsen's expedition (1910–12)
U.S. activities
Byrd's first expedition (1928–30)
Operation Highjump (1946–47)
Operation Windmill (1947–48)
Ronne's expedition (1947–48)
Operation Deep Freeze (1955–56)

The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica. Finn Ronne led the RARE which was the final privately sponsored expedition from the United States. The expedition included Isaac Schlossbach, as second in command, who was to have Cape Schlossbach named after him. This was the first expedition to take women to over-winter. Ronne took his wife as did the chief pilot Darlington.