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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
Why did the English french and dutch try to find a northwest passage?
The Dutch, English, and French tried to find a Northwest Passasge to allow ships to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Also, Henry Hudson and Michael Ciampo were the first french and dutch expolorers to found the nortwest passage way.
What route did Ernest Shackleton take?
I take it you mean to the polar plateau. He went by the way of the Beardmore glacier.
Where did Douglas mawson live in Australia?
he was near Sydney and moved to Adelaide after he graduated from uni
Who sent Verrazano to find the Northwest passage?
The French king, Francis the first, was the one of the European rulers who wanted to find the Northwest Passage through North America. In 1524, he sent an Italian sailer, Giovanni da Verrazano, to find it.
King François 1
How was the Arctic explorer John Davis murdered?
On the 29 December 1605, he was killed by Japanese pirates off Bintan near Sumatra, while on his second voyage for the newly formed British East India Company.
Did Lieutenant Ernest Shackleton die in Antarctica?
Sir Earnest Shackleton died on South Georgia Island in 1922. South Georgia Island is not considered to be Antarctica.
Did Admiral Byrd really encounter aliens?
No. The so-called diary or Flight log ( very much edited , no mention of such by-the-book protocols as navigation points, courses, even serial numbers and radio call-signs of craft ( as even Amelia Earhart used). The log or diary is something of wishful thinking and does loosely tie into the Warm Water region in Antarctica ( which does exist) and the alleged idea of the polar regions- usually southerly as a UFO base- presumably to dodge the Van Allen Belts. There are a number of logical incosisitencies in the so-called Byrd diary, as unlikely as encountering Penguins at l5,000 Feet- better get that altimeter checked, mate!
What gear did ernest shackleton take to antarctica?
Ernest Shackleton took a car, sleds, ropes, ponies, dogs, a portable dunny (toilet) and twenty eight (28) men.
Is the Northwest Passage an example of a foreign policy or a domestic policy?
environmental protection. Your Welcome ;)
What great race of Antarctica?
One could describe the 'contest' between Raold Amundsen from Norway and Captain R F Scott of England that took place on the Antarctic continent in 1910-1912, to be the first to set foot at the south pole. as the 'great race of Antarctica'.
Read more, below.
Who was the first European to search for the northwest passage?
The first person to seach for the northwest passage was JONE CABOT
How many dogs did sir Ernest Shackleton bring on his endurance expedition?
He didn't bring dogs but he brought poines instead.
When did Lincoln Ellsworth land in Antarctica?
Nineteen thirty-three was the first year that Lincoln Ellsworth landed in Antarctica.
What branch of science does Douglas Mawson fit into?
Geology. Sir Douglas Mawson [May 5, 1882-October 14, 1958] was an Australian who was trained as a geologist, and who explored Antarctica.
