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Polar Exploration
Polar exploration refers to the physical exploration of the Arctic and Antarctica. Exploring these areas meant hiking over ice flows and glaciers. Explorers largely ventured into polar exploration during the 18th century.
955 Questions
What Australian was with Ernest Shackleton on the 3rd expedition?
If you are referencing the 1914-1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition that Sir Earnest Shackleton led, you may be thinking of the principal photographer, Frank Hurley, who was born in Glebe, Sydney, Australia.
He was a Japanese military officer who lived from July 20, 1861 - September 4, 1946) who led the Japanese Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1912
Who did Sir John Franklin sail for?
Great Britain, namely the Admiralty, who back then had total control of the Royal Navy.
He was a dutch navigator and died in the artic when he was on the ship Mercury.
What was the ship's that Captain Robert Falcon Scott used?
The two ships that Scott used on his expeditions were HMS Discovery and HMS Terra Nova.
he married 2 times one was Judith and the other one is.....
Who was first to search for a northwest passage to England?
Henry Hudson searched for the northwest passage in 1607.
How did roald amundsens trip differ from Robert f scotts?
Well one big thing was that Ronald Amundsen didn't die on his way back. There was more interactiveness, and Ronald Amundsen had a much more victorious trip, if you ask me.
How did Roald Amundsen's trip differ from Scott's?
First, Amunsens trip was a success. Scotts was a ultimate failure.
How did early Antarctica explorers travel?
All polar explorers between about 1899 and 1922 -- the Heroic age of Antarctic Exploration -- traveled to Antarctica by sailing ship.
Western European nations sent explorers in search of a northwest passage to find what?
they wanted to find a direct water route to north america
Where did sir john Franklin explore?
Sir John Franklin was born in Spilsby,Lincolnshire.He is famous for being a officer at the Royal Navy at the age of 15.
Also,while he was a officer there he fought in the great sea war of Trafalgar.
John Franklin was sponsored by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to go to the Artic
but he never came back and told queen Victoria if he ever gets lost or does not come back not to look for him.Eventualy she sent out McClintock to look for him and he did and found his ship wrecked on an iceburg.Once he got of his own ship
he went over to Franklin's ship and found a bunch of people dead on the floor
including Sir John Franklin.McClintock noticed something in the coal he had just noticed and picked it up it was a 2 letters.One was written on May 28 1847 when the men appeared to be well and untroubled.The second message Was found out to be a year later.It said of death of Franklin and 24 other crew members and said that the survivors were heading South.When he went back to England Queen Victoria asked to see the thing he had found.The Fox(Sir John Franlin's ship) was taken to
the isle of Wight near osborne house so that Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and the kids could visit it.Once Franklin's wife heard about it she ordered them to make a college in his name.
What were the explorers name who tried to find the Northwest Passage?
Henry Hudson was an important explorer who tried to find the northwest passage.
Which explorers searched for the northwest passage?
GIOVANNI DA VERRAZANO,JACQUES CARTIER, HENRY HUDSON, JHON CABOT WELL THERE MIGHT BE MORE HOPE THIS HELPS!
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What day did john Franklin die?
The answer is still unknown i just wanted to do this cuz it looked fun
LOLWhat were Roald Amundsen's important achievements?
He was the first person to reach the South Pole, and he was also the first to reach both the South and the North Poles. He was one of the first people to fly from Europe to America.
