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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 animals did Shackleton see in Antarctica?
Like anyone who visits Antarctica Shackleton probably observed sea birds, such as penguins and skua, and sea mammals, such as whales and seals. These animals visit Antarctica's beaches to breed, but do not live on the continent: it's too cold there and there is no food chain.
Why were Europeans interested in a northwest passage?
Explorers continued to search for the Northwest Passage because it was considered as a possible trade route. The Northwest Passage separates the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and the Canadian mainland.
Why did Sir Douglas Mawson go to Antarctica?
Douglas Mawson went to Antarctica four times.
On the first occasion, he was part of Ernest Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition. Together with Australian geologists Professor Edgeworth David and naval surgeon Alistair Mackay, Mawson was the first to reach the magnetic South Pole on 16 January 1909.
On his second exploration, leading the first Australasian Antarctic Expedition, Mawson, on the boat Aurora departed from Hobart on 2 December 1911. He reached Commonwealth Bay on the Antarctic continent on 7 January 1912. He returned in 1914.
Mawson undertook two more explorations in Antarctica; one in 1929 and the last in 1931, leading the first and second British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expeditions (BANZARE).
How many years did James Clark Ross explorer Antarctica?
James Clark Ross in the Erebus and Terror, left England on their Antarctic voyage on the 5th of October, 1839. Ross and the Erebus landed in Hobart on August 16, 1840. On the 12th of November, 1840, Erebus and Terror left Hobart for the Antarctic. On January 22 Ross calculated that they had reached a higher latitude than James Weddell had in 1823 at 79 degrees 10 minutes South latitude.
What did Sir ernest shackleton find in Antarctica?
Shackleton was the first to reach the closest point to the South Pole; Shackleton reached 88 degrees 23 minutes on the South Polar Plateau on January 9, 1909.
When did Ernest Shackleton set out to go to Antarctica?
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, CVO, OBE, FRGS led three expeditions to Antarctica.
His first journey was as the third officer with Captain Robert Falcon Scott's Discovery expedition in 1901. Discovery set sail from the Isle of Wight on 6 August 1901.
His second expedition attempted to 'conquer' the South Pole, and his team achieved 88 degrees S, only 97 miles from the South Pole. The Nimrod sailed on 11 August 1907, but Shackleton sailed at a later date.
Shackleton led the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, planned for 1914-1917. This was to be the first land crossing of the continent. Endurance left Plymouth on 8 August 1914, but Shackleton, remaining in England to finish expedition business, sailed on a faster ship on a later date and joined the expedition in Buenos Aires.
These details all from multiple entries in Wikipedia covering Shackleton and his three expeditions.
What did roald amundsen do to change history?
I think the question should be why did Amundsen change his plans.
He changed his plans at the last moment because of Peary's claim to have reached the North Pole in 1909. He did not inform anyone of his plans and was vilified for a while over it.
Henry Hudson was sent by the in search of a northwest passage?
Henry Hudson was sent by the Dutch East India Company to find a western route to Asia. They are considered to be the first multi-national corporation in the world, as well as the first to issue stock.
Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922) was a British explorer who commanded three expeditions to the Antarctic (1907-09, 1914-17, 1921-22), during which the South Magnetic Pole was located in 1909.
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Why is the northwest passage important?
It is important as a shipping route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in the north.
Did Henry Hudson explore to find the Northwest passage?
Yes, Henry Hudson was sailing for the Netherlands in 1609 where he landed on the coast of New York. He then went on to find a river winding through New York.
Why is Matthew henson famous for?
Matthew Henson is famous for being the first African-American to go to the North Pole.
Who sent christopher columbus to find the northwest passage?
Columbus undertook the expedition under his own direction, but was financed by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.
When and where did Matthew henson explore?
Matthew Alexander Henson was an African American explorer and associate of Robert Peary during various expeditions, the most famous being a 1909 expedition which claimed to be the first to reach the Geographic North Pole.
Because Henson was black, his contributions to the expedition were not organized for many years.
Why is Douglas Mawson important to Australian history?
Douglas Mawson is important to Australian history because he was a pioneering explorer of the Antarctic.
Mawson was born on 5 May 1882 in Yorkshire, and his family emigrated to Australia in 1884. They settled in Sydney, where Mawson studied geology at Sydney University. Mawson held a position as geologist to an expedition to the New Hebrides in 1903, where he gained invaluable experience. Following this, Mawson came back to Australia where, in 1905, he was appointed a lecturer in petrology and mineralogy at the University of Adelaide.
In 1907, Mawson joined an expedition to Antarctica led by Ernest Shackleton, as a scientific officer, and was one of the first to ascend Mount Erebus and get close to the South magnetic pole. He was offered a place on Robert Scott's Terra Nova expedition but turned it down to lead the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1914, sailing on the "Aurora".
On 2 December 1911, Mawson departed from Hobert on the "Aurora", bound for Macquarie Island, a sub-antarctic island 1500 kilometres south east of Tasmania and 1300 kilometres north of Antarctica. Here, he established a base before leaving on December 23 to explore the Antarctic continent. On 7 January 1912, the Aurora reached a place that Mawson named Commonwealth Bay. A whaleboat was sent ashore on December 8, and the point at which they landed, Cape Denison, was found to harbour an abundance of Antarctic wildlife, including Weddell seals and Adelie penguins.
Who was the first woman to the south pole?
The first women at the South Pole were Pam Young, Jean Pearson, Lois Jones, Eileen McSaveney, Kay Lindsay and Terry Tickhill in November 1969.
The six women named above were flown in by the USA Navy. The first women to reach the Pole overland was Victoria E. Murden and Shirley Metz. (January 17, 1989).
Who are Matthew Henson and Robert Peary?
Matthew Henson was a famous explorer and one of the first men to reach the north pole as well as the first native American to reach the north pole
Robert Peary was Matthew henson's captian and went along on the voyage with him, he also was one of the first men to reach the north pole
