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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 did Robert Falcon Scott sail on?
Scott sailed on two ships on his expeditions to Antarctica, The first was the Discovery in 1901-1904, the second was Terra Nova 1910-1913.
The punishment he put his body through and the extreme climate of the Arctic had turned Peary into an old man prematurely.
Is the Northwest Passage real?
Yes, and becoming more real every day. Nowadays, shipping can traverse the Canadian Arctic during the late Summer months, and it is likely that the ice-free conditions will continue to expand with continued climate change.
Where Robert Falcon Scott trying to get to?
Scott was trying to get to the South Pole, but this was not his only aim. Scott's Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1912) was primarily a scientific expedition. While 16 men were involved in the Southern Journey (to the Pole), another group led by the meteorologist George Simpson remained at the hut at Cape Evans to conduct scientific experiments and observations. Another party, led by the Australian geologist T. Griffith Taylor, went west to explore unmapped areas of Antarctica and collect geological samples. Taylor had led another Western Journey during the first sledging season in 1910, at the same time as Scott was laying depots for his Southern Journey. A seperate scientific party, called the Northern Party, under the command of Victor Campbell, explored Victoria Land. Scott also allowed three members of his Southern Journey team - Dr Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, and Apsley Cherry-Garrard - to undertake a dangerous journey in Winter to Cape Crozier to gather the eggs of the Emperor Penguin.
Scott's Polar Party also stopped at various times on the journey to conduct experiments and collect samples. He allowed Dr Edward Wilson, an accomplished artist, to stop at several locations to draw sketches which might be of scientific value, while Henry Bowers, Frank Debenham, and Scott himself took lessons in photography while in Antarctica so as to be able to take photographs for analysis by scientists back in Britain. Even when they faced a desperate fight for survival on the return journey, and equipment had to be jettisoned to lighten the load of their sledge, Scott refused to abandon Wilson's sketches, the photographs, or the geological samples they had collected along the way. So, in summary, Scott was trying to get to the South Pole, but it was only one part of a much bigger program of exploration and scientific discovery.
Was the Northwest passage ever found?
Yes, but not during the period of exploration in the 1600s and 1700s. There was no ice-free path through the frozen Arctic islands of northern Canada, and several expeditions were caught by the pack ice and lost. Explorer Henry Hudson, for whom Hudson Bay is named, suffered a mutiny and was never seen again.
The route across North America to the Pacific and Asia was finally opened by heavy icebreaker ships (similar to their use in northern Russia). Eventually the Arctic warming of the 2000s created a brief period of open sea each August.
What transport did Robert Scott use?
Robert Falcon Scott used dogs and ill ponies. They pulled the sledges! The ponies were later slaughtered and eaten. The dogs were used through to the very end.
Why were explorers looking for a northwest passage?
Explorers were looking for a northwest passage for a water route to asia. There were many other beliefs about other water passages like the strait of anian
Why were European's willing to pay for expensive voyages to find the Northwest Passage?
If you follow the money, there was quite a bit to made if a shorter passage was found to China. The trips around the Horn and around South America were difficult and many ships were lost.
Who were the three explorers who were searching for northwest passage?
christopher Columbus,Henry Hudson ,samual de shamplain
When did sir john Franklin die?
He died in 1847 of Hypothermia with 128 other crew members along the Northwest Passage.
Which explorers looked for the northwest passage?
There were many explorers searching for the Northwest Passage, beginning with John Cabot in 1497. Sir Robert McClure would not discover the actual Northwest Passage until 1851.
England, France, and the Netherlands hoped to discover a northwest passage.
Who was the explorer that looked for the northwest passage?
Coronado was the explorer who looked for the Northwest passage. He also claimed texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, and Arizona. He tried to find the seven cities of gold.
Why was the northwest passage important?
The NorthWest Passage was so important because it is what the English, French and Dutch explorers went to try and take it over to get rich! They would get rich by controlling the trade and would would charge other people to use the water and get the money from the trade.
What was one effect of the failure to find a northwest passage to Asia?
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Why did so many Europeans want to find a Northwest Passage?
The Europeans wanted to find this passage because they were interested in the technology that the Asians had used. They wanted to trade goods such as silks and spices. Marco Polo traded the things with Asia. Therefore, Europeans started to travel towards Asia. To reach this continent, they had to cross many different land-forms on our Earth. It was very difficult for them. All of the maps were used incorrectly and made incorrect back then.
They wanted to sail back and get money so they can go on another voyage.
Travel by water was less rigorous and faster than overland travel. They wanted a new route for trade with existing Asian markets.
Who discovered northwest passage?
Robert McClure mapped the northwest passage. it was Roald Amundsen that first successfully traveled through the passage by ship in 1902.
Which british explorer did Ronald Amundsen beat to the South Pole in 1991?
Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott both explored the South Pole at the same time in 1911. Amundsen was aware of Scott's objective, but Scott was not aware that Amundsen was right behind him. Roald Amundsen got there first on 14th of December, 1911. Amundsen reported that he saw no sign of Scott. Scott reached the South Pole on 17th of January, 1912, acknowledging in his diary that Amundsen had got there a month earlier. The last members of the Scott expedition was found dead by a relief party two years later in 1913.
