Pole vault

Roald Amundsen is known as one of the most successful arctic explorers, having been the first person to lead expeditions that reached the North and South Pole. Roald was born on July 16th, 1872, near Oslo, Norway. He was the 4th son born to his parents Hanna Sahlqvist and jens Amundsen. Roald had promised his mom to become a doctor and began studying medicine when he was 15, but dropped out at age 21 when his mother died. He then began his journey at sea. He was successful since the beginning, as

Speech Because he set up successful colonies and set up excellent fur trade, Peter Minuit belongs in the hall of fame. He is famous for buying Manhattan for 60 guilders. He is also known for setting up two colonies, and for setting up excellent fur trade. He lived from about 1580 to 1638. Peter Minuit was born in Wesel, Germany, sometime around 1580. He was the son of Walloonian immigrants who were expatriated by the Spanish. Almost nothing else is known about his child hood except he moved to the

Topic 3 Was Shackleton’s expedition a success or a failure? Why? Was Shackleton himself a success or failure for the expedition? Back up your answers using examples from the novel. Body Paragraph #1 – Expedition the expedition was a success because altho the team did not get to map out antarctica they got to see it with there own eyes and without that information we wouldn't know as much about the antarctic as we do today. from the novel BUt on the other hand the expedition was a failure because

I choose to write my critical essay on renowned Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton and his book, South: The story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition. The story of Shackleton’s leadership and perseverance against impossible odds in leading his men to safety after becoming stranded in the Antarctic pack ice has always held great interest for me. Shackleton’s example of leadership is so extraordinary that today, over 100 years later, it is still pointed to as one of the finest examples of

bright yellow helmet I had based after Ayrton Senna 's helmet. “Yeah” “So your kart number 14?” I nodded as we both walked slowly to the timing station. We were engaged in small talk when we arrived and looked at the times. I was still 5 tenths off the pole time. As I swore under my breath, Lewis gestured me to walk with him towards the track. It was 12 p.m, so the track was closed for a hour for lunch. I walked the track with him, and he explained to me how he was successful on this track in his Formula

The Denver art Museum, a very strange looking building at first sight. Well I guess the question to ask is strange to what? Because everything is relative. So the Denver art museum architecture is very different relative to the buildings around it. To me it looks like an explosion of shapes, Boxes and triangles and wedge shaped objects flying from the center of creativity. As said earlier the architecture is strange or vastly different relative to the buildings around it, but when you push your views

Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance 3/10/2014 aFriendInNeed Situation Overview: Shackleton sailed with 27 men from South Georgia Island on a British Polar expedition into South Atlantic aboard the ship called Endurance. The south pole had been recently reached in 1911. The goal of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was to become the first explorers to land on the Antarctic continent as well as cross it. The original plan was to sail Endurance through the Weddell Sea and then

It was Christmas Eve, and I had just hung up my stocking by the fireplace-right where it would be all ready for Santa when he slipped down the chimney. I knew he was coming, because-well, because it was Christmas Eve, and because he always had come to leave gifts for me on all the other Christmas Eves that I could remember, and because I had seen his pictures everywhere down town that afternoon when I was outside with my Mother. Still, I wasn't JUST satisfied. 'Way down in my heart I was a little

Totem Poles are not just for show, but for other very important things. There are three important reasons why Totem Poles are important. Those three reasons are 1) it showed spiritual significance, 2) who watch over the families, 3) symbolizes guardian spirits or helpers each of the animals. Totem Poles are made by the Indian tribes in the North West of America. There are many different kinds of Totem Poles like these: Genealogy, Clan, Social status, Memorial, a Deceased clan member, Mortuary, deceased

Once upon many a time in an Ice rink, in the North Pole, there was a small boy named Jack Frost, but goes by Frosty, he was 139 years old which was 16 years in human time, standing at two feet tall. It was his first time ice skating in his life, Frosty’s parents were Canadian guards for Santa. The father, Anders, was an snowman and the mother, Antonia, was a elf, they both were guards for Santa for many decades, protecting the reindeer that pull Santa’s slay through the air. Frosty was going to turn