Explorers of the Arctic

Christopher Columbus: Background: The voyages of Christopher Columbus introduced European exploration and the colonization of North and South America. He was an Italian sailor from Genoa that became an admiral for Spain. Nation he sailed for: Spain. Dates of voyages: 1492, 1493, 1498, 1502 Destinations: 1)-August, 3, 1492-Columbus and his crew of 90 men set sail from Palos, Spain, hoping to reach Asia. 2) -Sept. 23, 1493-On a second, larger expedition, he sailed with 17 ships and 1,200 to 1,500

frequently exemplified throughout the colonial history of North America. Indeed, the incorporation of European food goods, such as alcohol, into the diet of the Canadian Indigenous Peoples is representative of the immense impact which the first explorers had on these tribes (Lunn 1992). Furthermore, the transitional dietary modifications of the First Nations People of Canada’s North are a direct reflection of Western influence and the European attempt to assimilate these traditional societies according

Parrado hiking the Andes. I could even use myself and creating my first film as an example. Everyone deals with adversity, and everyone can overcome it. Sir Ernest Shackleton is one of the most popular examples of overcoming Adversity. He was an arctic explorer but had never land in Antarctica. So when he tried to become the first person to reach the center of Antarctica, he prepared for everything. What he didn’t prepare for was his ship being crushed in the ice. However,

of this disease. Rabies might have been the oldest disease to mankind (A Short History of Rabies). According “Rabies - A Layman's Explanation” by Mike Pedde. Pedde reported that rabies was previously well known as “arctic madness or Eslimo sled dog disease” because the European explorers, with a pack of sled dogs that were traveling to northern Canada. It

not have conceived" (Shelley 50). Dante tells us that the ninth circle of hell is reserved for those who have committed betrayal. Although, the tale begins and ends in the Arctic with the explorer Robert Walton seeking a northwest passage. On his journey he first meets Victor Frankenstein and then the monster himself. The arctic atmosphere itself is a fitting symbol for the scientific enterprise on which Frankenstein has embarked and Walton is embarking. The landscape is barren and white. It is the

Environmental history of the oceans and seas are daunting topics, either because of the vastness of the oceans and seas, the artificial boundaries, or their seemingly changelessness. Until about 1990, with Arthur McEvoy’s The Fisherman’s Problem: Ecology and the Law in California Fisheries, 1850-1980, historians largely ignored marine ecosystems as areas of research. Focusing instead on inland fisheries, environmental historians have still had to be “exhorted… to embrace this opportunity” of expanding

naturalist on board the Herald in responded to landscape and noted connections between the collection of scientific data and the interests of British commercial and political expansion. In her analysis, she shows that the characteristic of many explorers and naturalists on the naval scientific expeditions evidently represent the tendency towards imperial power and the exploitation of nature. She states that, ‘Naval survey expeditions did far more than chart coast lines; they also mapped Europe’s

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein begins with Robert Walton, an explorer who is trying to find a new route to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic Ocean. After spending a couple weeks at sea the crew see a figure appearing on the ice, it turns out to be Victor Frankenstein who is almost dead when they bring him aboard. After Victor is taken care of he then begins to tell his story and this is explained through a series of letters from Walton to his sister. Victor grew up in Geneva, Switzerland, he was

Known as the North West Passage, it represented the quest for direct navigable trade by circumventing those land barriers originally discovered by Christopher Columbus. In fact, British explorers continued their search for the elusive passage through the eightieth century, eventually abandoning those efforts entirely. The Northwest Passage ultimately proved viable with successful transit during the early twentieth century. Nevertheless

1. Introduction When people hear the name Frankenstein, the first thing that comes to their mind is a hideous-looking monster with green-colored skin. That is because the media and the popular culture industry have been portraying the character of the world-famous master narrative in this particular way. Ironically, the name Frankenstein points to the creator of the monster and actually, the monster itself was never given a name. Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus is a famous novel written by