Explorers of the Arctic

necessary to utilize these tools is contained in each section. Terrestrial Coordinates Work through the explanatory material on units of longitude and latitude, finding longitude and latitude, and a bit of history (optional). Open the flat map explorer. Familiarize yourself with the cursor and how it prints out the longitude and latitude of the active map location. Note that you can vary the central meridian of the map (i.e. change its

"We were the only pulsating creatures in a dead world of ice." This is a quote from famous North Pole explorer Frederick Albert Cook. He, along with explorer Robert Edwin Peary, are well known as the founders of the North Pole. However, nobody knows who the actual founder is. The controversy on who was the first to make it there is an ongoing one, with both explorers claiming to have made it there first. Cook claimed that he had made it a year earlier than Peary, but the argument can go both ways

Matthew Fontaine Maury, known as the “Pathfinder of the Sea,” constructed a map of average wind currents, which helped ships determine the path they needed to follow. In doing this, he allowed ships to more accurately position themselves and make adjustments accordingly to end up at their intended destination. During the Civil War, the Confederate Navy commissioned Maury, and he was assigned with the task of harbour defence. He also began experimenting with electric mines, and was later sent to England

above areas, steam engine was also used in cloth producing factories, constructing infrastructure, shoe making factories and making ships. 2. What was the American concept of “Manifest Destiny” – and why did it affect Canada? "Manifest Destiny" is a term related to American history according to which United States want to rule the whole world North- American Continent. The term "Manifest Destiny" was originated by "John L.O' Sullivan" in "1845". The term has very compound philosophy

north Pole. There are two men the reach the North Pole in April 21, 1908 and it was Robert Edwin Peary and Matthew Henson and there were was four more mens that went with them Ootah, Seegloo, Egingway, and Ooqueah on April 6, 1909. So the Americans explorer which is Robert E. Peary sending word from Indian Harbour, Labardon, that he had reached the north pole in April 1909,one hundred years ago in this month. Anyone who read the two headline they would know that the north pole could discovered only

Marie was a Dutch explorer that circumnavigated the world. Jacob Le Marie found the strait that was in between Tierra del Fuego and Isla de Estados. It is now named the Le Marie Strait for him. His ship (The Eendracht) then rounded Cape Horn and when doing so, proved that Tierra del Fuego wasn’t a continent. He provide knowledge for others wanting to sail around Tierra del Fuego. He then died at sea right before Christmas in 1616. Adriaen Block was a Dutch navigator and explorer. He explored some

Americans hiked over the land bridge, the Bering Strait, more than 12.000 years ago. Among this group of people, scientist divided them into 10 different culture areas: the Arctic, California, the Great Basin, the Northeast, the Northeast Coast, the Southeast, the Southwest, the Subarctic, the Plains and the Plateau. The Arctic culture was located in present-day Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. The Native Americans that lived there were the Inuit and the Aleut. Their dialects were called Eskimo-Aleut

each with their own unique qualities and experiences, their relationship as not only friends, but as leader and assistant would make their expeditions successful and memorable. According to S. Allen Counter (who wrote the introduction for A Negro Explorer at The North Pole, by Matthew Henson), Peary and Henson both were impressed and taken by each other’s intelligence, ambition, and experience; and Henson was particularly impressed by the respect Peary had shown him (Counter xii). The two would soon

novel in 2008 to reimagine this literary masterpiece to appease the modern reader 's of the world. The story of the novel follows an explorer from europe towards the arctic circle to discover a great discovery to become famous. As they reach the arctic, they meet Victor Frankenstein stuck on a piece of floating ice. After saving him Mr. Frankenstein tells the explorer his story of how he created a “monster” from nothing but parts of corpses to create life, and with this creation of artificial life

society, men are the decisions makers and holds position of power and prestige. Men in this society are very ambitious and self-determined and want to be known and brought down in history for what they discover or invent. Beginning with an ambitious explorer, to a mad scientist and his creation, all these men will do anything in their power to achieve their goals. In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the quest of pursing goals in a patriarchal society is demonstrated by Victor Frankenstein, Robert