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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 did Ann Bancroft achieve?
Ann Bancroft was the first woman to reach the North Pole on foot and by sled. She did this in 1986 as part of Will Steger's 'International North Pole Expedition'.
In 1992 she became the first woman to ski across the Greenland Ice Cap.
In 1993 she led a four women team on a expedition to the South Pole. This team became the first women to ski to the South Pole.
She is currently running an exploration company with Liv Arnesen.
Where did ernest shackleton go to school?
Dulwich college he was educated at home until the age of 11
Was anything named after Douglas Mawson and his crew in Antarctica?
Mawson Peak is the highest mountain in any Australian territory. It lies on Heard Island, one of Australia's territories, in the Southern Ocean, but not specifically in Antarctica.
What university did sir Douglas Mawson go to?
He went to the University of Sydney in 1899-1901, where he studied mining engineering and graduated B.E. in 1902
What did Jacques Cartier find instead of a Northwest Passage?
The minerals that Cartier's expedition found in interior Canada, near Lake Ontario, consisted of iron pyrite (fool's gold) and quartz crystals, which appear similar to gold and diamonds, respectively.
What was Douglas Mawson's wife's name?
His wife's name was Lady Fransisca Adriana Delprat and they married on the 31st of March, 1914.
Why is it a problem to have a magnetic North Pole and a geographic North Pole?
An ordinary magnetic compass points to magnetic north, not to true north. If the difference between the two directions is large and not accounted for, you can get lost.
What is the difference between Arctic and Antarctic?
Arctic refers to the region close to the North Pole, while antarctic (anti-arctic) refers to the one close to South Pole. The Antarctic has a land mass underneath the ice, and the Arctic is ice with no land.
Perhaps the most common misconception about the Arctic and Antarctic is that they are very similar. Nothing is farther from the truth.
The polar regions are a study in contrasts. The Arctic is an ocean surrounded by continents. Antarctica is a continent surrounded by an ocean. Each region has unique wildlife that cannot be found in the other. Polar bears and walrus inhabit the North. Penguins inhabit the south. The Arctic has been continually inhabited for thousands of years. The Antarctic has never been inhabited.
artic is layer of ices
and Antarctic is ice on top of land
What did Robert Crandall found in 1975?
Crandall founded the Semi-Automatic Business Research Environment (SABRE), a program codeveloped with the IBM Corporation to provide travel agencies with a unified computer reservation system
Ernest Shackleton What was his family motto?
Ernest Shackleton's family motto was 'By Endurance We Conquer'.
Even after the discovery of the New World the search for a northwest passage continued because?
Spain and Portugal controlled the southern routes
Was the Australasian Antarctic Expedition successful?
The Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) was an Australasian scientific team that explored part of Antarctica between 1911 and 1914. It was led by the Australian geologist Douglas Mawson, who was knighted for his achievements in leading the expedition.
Accomplishments were made in geology, glaciology and terrestrial biology.
Definition of Northwest passage?
the northwest passage is a famous sea route linking the Atlantic and pacific oceans.
Actually your answer is not even close to being right the definition of the northwest passage is- A water route to Asia through the cold waters present day canada. I cant belive i no this by heart and im only in 7th grade but i am learning from a 10th grade book dont belive me the look up this book and the reading leval and questions leaval the book is called PRENTICE HAll UNited States History Discovery education ^_^haha
What is the Northwest Passage used for?
The Northwest passage was suppose to be a sea route to Asia, but it doesn't exist.
Who were the two french explorers that searched for the northwest passage?
They weren't french, they were American. The answer is Lewis and Clark.
What was sir Douglas mawson's first expedition?
His first expedition to Antarctica was with Ernest Shackletons Nimrod Expedition of 1907.
What is an example sentence with the Northwest Passage?
Of the two routes to get to the Pacific, the Northwest Passage was the most accurate and new.
