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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 are the major accomplishments of Sir John Franklin?
There is not really any major accomplishment for John Franklin. He was more of a major failure.
When did sir John Franklin set of for the northwest passage?
They set off on that fateful expedition on the 19th May 1845.
How far did Ernest Shackleton travel on foot to the South Pole?
Shackleton achieved 89 degrees S, which is about 66 miles from the South Pole.
Is the northwest passage an imaginary waterway connecting attlantic and pacific ocean?
Yes. The only way to get from the North Atlantic to the North Pacific without the Panama Canal is the Arctic Ocean.
Why were people looking for a Northwest passage?
Because people wanted to find an easier route for trade. The didn't want to use a boat to travel across the Pacific Ocean and trade.
Did sir john Franklin have a son?
No. Sir John Franklin did not have a son. He had one child between his two marriages and it was a girl named Eleanor Isabella Franklin. Her mom was Eleanor Anne Porden Franklin. Hope that answered your question!
What were the names of the 5 men that were beaten by Amundsen to the South Pole?
Wilson, Bowers, Evans, Scott and Oates.
Why did the french and the dutch look for a northwest passage?
It would have been a short cut to the orient that avoided the long and dangerous journey around Cape Horn.
When did the first person sail through the Northwest Passage?
The first passage completely by ship was by Roald Amundsen and a six-man crew, from 1903 to 1906, in a 47-foot boat called the Gjoa.
What was the hardships faced with roald amundsens trip to antarctica?
Blizzards, snowstorms, frostbite and death fro starvation
Admiral Byrd, with his wife, Marie Donaldson Ames, had four children: Richard Evelyn Byrd III, Evelyn Bolling Byrd Clarke, Katharine Agnes Byrd Breyer, and Helen Byrd Stabler.
When did sir john Franklin find the north west passage?
Type your answer here... he found it and died there
Where did Captain Francis Crozier die?
In 1845 he joined Sir John Franklin on the Northwest Passage expedition as captain of HMS Terror. After Franklin's death in June 1847, he took command of the expedition, and his fate and that of the other expedition members remained a mystery until a note from him and James Fitzjames, captain of Erebus, the other ship on the expedition, was discovered on King William Island in 1859 during an expedition led by Captain F. L. McClintock. Dated April 25, 1848, the note said that the ships, stuck in ice, had been abandoned. Nine officers, including John Franklin, and 15 crewmen had died, and the survivors were setting out on April 26 for Back's Fish River on the Canadian mainland.[1] There were later, unverified Inuit reports that between 1852 and 1858 Crozier and one other expedition member were seen in the Baker Lake area, about 400 km (250 mi) to the south, where in 1948 Farley Mowat found "a very ancient cairn, not of normal Eskimo construction" inside which were shreds of a hardwood box with dovetail joints.[2] McClintock and later searchers found relics, graves, and human remains of the Franklin crew on Beechey Island, King William Island, and the northern coast of the Canadian mainland, but none found any of the men alive.
What facts about Sir John Franklin?
1. He was knighted.
2. He was British.
3. He was in the navy.
4. He was married.
5. He died.
