Generally, tinned and preserved food was taken on expeditions. Primarily, the food was pemmican -- a 50/50 mix of meat and lard, required because burning calories is the expense of exploration in this extreme environment.
Yes. Since they had to cross the Southern Ocean, they needed special equipment to contend with the cold as they approached Antarctica.
Explorers to go to Antarctica to explore: this is their work.
Scientists and explorers.
by surviving
All polar explorers between about 1899 and 1922 -- the Heroic age of Antarctic Exploration -- traveled to Antarctica by sailing ship.
no of course not
Early explorers took both dogs and ponies to Antarctica.
They set up tents and slept in them
rope
Police Explorers are private citizens, usually juveniles, with no special powers or privileges. Explorers aren't permitted to have, or carry, any equipment that any other citizen can't lawfully possess.Added: All the above being true, although it is definitely ALWAYS at the discretion of the sponsoring agency, many Police Explorer units DO wear an equipment belt (sometimes called a "duty" belt) on which they may carry, keys, whistles, handcuffs, and (sometimes when engaged in traffic control duties for which they are sometimes used at large public events) a two-way radio and case, and a personal cellphone. These would be the most that these Explorers might 'officially' be allowed to wear or carry. They are NOT authorized to carry any weapons of any description.
Yes. Several huts are preserved today and contain relics left by explorers.
No, because the explorers that have travelled there, have come back safely.