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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.
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What were Robert Falcon Scott's 2 sisters called?
Rose and Ettie.
I contacted the Scott Polar Research Institute Archives over this question, as I knew there were more than two sisters. They assure me there were four sisters, Ettie, Rose, Grace and Katherine.
The first surface crossing of the.. oceanwas led by wally herbert in 1969?
That was the Arctic Ocean.
What are opinions that led to a search for a northwest passage?
it was dumb and stupid for them to do it
Admiral Byrd died at his house in Boston at the age 68. He died of heart ailment.
What modes of transport did Robert Scott use to the north pole?
There is no evidence that Sir Robert Falcon Scott ever attempted or reached the North Pole.
I think you may mean Matthew Henson, who was born in 1866 and died in 1955.
the search led to the founding of colinies of America
He is famous, because he explored the artic. -Min Seok-
When was the northwest passage found?
It was never officially found. At least, it wasn't really what explorers were looking for
How many people have explored Antarctica?
While exact numbers are difficult to determine, it is estimated that over 100,000 people have visited Antarctica since the first explorations in the early 20th century. This includes scientists, researchers, and tourists. The Antarctic Treaty System, established in 1961, has facilitated international cooperation in scientific research, further increasing the number of visitors. However, the continent remains one of the least visited places on Earth due to its harsh conditions.
What forms of transportation did Lewis and Clark use?
They had:
1 Keeled boat light strong at least 60 feet in length her burthen equal to 8 tons
1 Large Wooden canoe
They also had horses, walked, climbed, and used pirogues. "Pirogues" is a French word meaning that they tied smaller canoes together to make a kind of raft. Their horses were certainly used as pack animals in the rough country, and for riding when they crossed the flat plains.
Why did explorers look for a northwest passage through north America to Asia?
they wanted to find a good fishing area
Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) was a British explorer of the South Pole who is best remembered for leading his crew to safety after the failed expedition of the Endurance (1914-16).
Shackleton had been a junior officer on Robert Falcon Scott's Discovery expedition (1902-03), and his expedition with the Nimrod (1907-09) had taken him closer to the South Pole than anyone before. After Roald Amundsen reached the Pole in 1911, Shackleton and a crew of 28 men set out in his ship Endurance in 1914, in the hopes of being the first to cross the polar continent. The ship was frozen in ice, then crushed, and Shackleton and his men set out in lifeboats after nearly a year and a half on the ice. Shackleton, known as "The Boss," took five men and sailed 800 miles in an open boat from Elephant Island to the island of South Georgia, then went back and saved the rest of his crew, all of whom survived. Almost two years after starting out, they reached safety in South America in September of 1916. In spite of his heroics, Shackleton had a hard time back in England with finances and alcohol. He eventually managed to get financing for another voyage to Antarctica in 1921, but he had a fatal heart attack at South Georgia Island and never made it.
Why is John Franklin important?
john franklin was important because he gathered information on the way to the
"nothwest passage"
