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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 happened when the aboriginal people met sir john Franklin?
When Sir John Franklin finally docked near the arctic, he met some aboriginals. They traded their goods with one another (fur, guns, etc.)
The aboriginals helped John Franklin with maps and navigating. They helped him and his crew find their way around the new land they had just stopped in.
The explorer Earnest Shackleton Died on the 5th June 1922 from a heart attack.
Is Robert E Peary the same as Robert peary?
Yes they are it is just his middle name so it doesn't come out that much.:)
What is Douglas mawsons middle name?
There is no record of Douglas Mawson's middle name.
Though Mawsons mother's name was Margaret Ann Moore and his father's name was Robert Ellis Mawson.
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When Did James Weddell Get To Antarctica?
When did James Weddell go to Antarctica? doof James Weddell set out on three journeys. the firsth in 1820 to 1821, the second in 1821 to 1822, and thirdly in 1822 to 1823. You should have learned that in 6th grade.
Are there anythings named after Sir Ernest Shackleton?
shackleton inlet was named after earnest shackleton
How did Matthew Henson's accomplishment affect the people?
because that was really important to our society
What mode of transport did Robert Scott take on his journey to the south pole?
horses, dogs and sledges
How might Matthew henson be a good role model?
Matthew Henson is a good role model because he is showing that people can still can do things no matter what color you are!!
How many expeditions did Douglas Mawson go on?
Douglas Mawson went on four expeditions to Antarctica.
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).
Sir John Borodell was born in Cork, Ireland in 1585, and died there in 1667. He married Anne Broughton in 1616, and together they had 12 children.
The first documented landing on Antarctica was by the American sealer John Davis, apparently at Hughes Bay, near Cape Charles, in West Antarctica on 7 February 1821, although some historians dispute this claim. The first recorded and confirmed landing was at Cape Adair in 1895.
Another Answer
Captain James Cook's charter in 1772 was to find the 'southern continent'. His route was blocked by too much ice, so he never sited the continent. However, his crew drug buckets through the benthos and brought up continental rocks, proving that there was a continent south of the Antarctic Circle. The continental rocks had been dropped into the seabed by icebergs calved off the ice sheet that covers 98% of the continent.
What is one way the french tried to find the northwest passage?
By ship.
Congratz scout, you just earned your: Uh, DER! patch!
Which European nations actively sought to discover the northwest passage?
I believe it was France and Italy.
What country did Mawson live in?
Mawson was born in Yorkshire England but moved to Australia when he was 2 so he lived in Australia most of his life
