Roald Amundsen

On October 20, 1911 two polar explorers Roald Amundsen and Capt. Robert Scott each led an expedition to race to be the first to reach the South Pole. Roald Amundsen a Norwegian explorer was the first man to successfully lead an expedition from the Ross Ice Shelf to the South Pole and back because of his sailor background and his preparation, in a race against Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, a british naval officer. Chronological Starting off Roald Amundsen was born into a group of sailors, and had

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

difficulty to do so, as he’s too weak and weary, he seems to have suffered from frostbites in his hand but he continues to write, speaking his words out loud. At the same time Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer also enters the stage, introducing Scott to the members of the Royal Society, who gathered together in honored of him. Amundsen ' introduction of Scott was the first hint to the audiences that Scott was already dead, and his story is told through the journal and letters that were later found.

From George Washington to Odysseus, heroes come in a variety of forms. In “The Man Who Took the Prize” written by Caroline Alexander, Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer, had the goal of becoming the first to travel to the North Pole. However, after failing his mission, as Robert Peary had beat him, he began racing for “...the most prestigious prize the world of exploration still offered: the South Pole” (Alexander). With this, he gathered his men and headed out for one of the most obscure areas

pursuit of victory in the formidable race to the South Pole, Shackleton and his crew set off unified in their goal. Two years later they returned home unsuccessful in their endeavor. In May of 1912, Shackleton received news that Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team had become the first expedition to reach the South Pole (Koehn, 2013, 2010, p. 5). The race was over, and a winner declared. Shackleton missed out on his opportunity to be the first, the exploration had been done. A goal that is big

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton – A Successful Failure!!! Vinod C Jayanna 660162325 Coleman University Dr. M.Vargas Contents: 1. Introduction ………………………………………………………………4 2. Lessons in Leadership ……………………………………………………6 3. Why Sir Ernest Shackleton? ......................................................................12 4. Later Years...……………………………………………………………...14 5. References ………………………………………………………………15 Abstract: Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton

hineas Gage, Douglas Mawson, and Henrietta Lacks all faced adversity whilst contributing to science. Phineas Gage faced the most adversity out of all three of these characters. Mawson travelled 100 miles alone through Antarctica with few supplies. Henrietta Lacks died from her cervical cancer, and doctors took samples of her cells for research. Gage had an iron rod blasted through his head, causing damage to is frontal lobe. Gage suffered the most adversity because he died from his accident, unlike

“We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the land…” Ronald Amundsen). Although not all explorers of the Pacific Northwest were sailors, all of them deserve to be honored because of the contribution their expeditions made to WA. The first non-Indians that came to the Pacific Northwest were most-likely from China or Japan and drifted ashore by accident. After them, came European explorers

Matthew Henson and Robert Peary had a strong relationship. They both had a need for exploration, fame, and danger, and Henson’s need is one of the reasons he started traveling with Peary. The two men met when Henson was working at a clothing and hat store, when Peary walked in and offered him a job. This job was to be his personal servant while he was on an expedition in Nicaragua. Peary was going to head an engineering team to see about the possibility of digging a canal across Nicaragua. Henson

Body Paragraph #1 – Shackleton’s Personality Sir ernest shackleton [1874 - 1922] was a polar explorer who led the three british expeditions to the Antarctic , and one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic age of the Antarctic . His goal is to get to the Antarctic first before anyone does , but he couldn’t be able to get to the Antarctic on time . Still Shackleton didn’t give up on his goal , in 1914 Shackleton had made his third trip to the Antarctic on a ship called the endurance