Roald Amundsen was the first man to reach both poles – a very significant achievement considering the technology and knowledge available at the time. There are many aspects that both parties had to consider in preparing for the journey – an analysis of the weather conditions, land, soil type, flora and faunae, and route to be taken, as well as the logistics involved in packing necessary clothing, food, scientific and navigational equipment, and what to pack this on to – since the type of transportation
can survive, this is the South Pole. Why anyone would want to go there may be hard to understand. Traveling to the South Pole isn’t just a lengthy process and an uncomfortable experience, it is extremely dangerous as going to far south provides several life threatening conditions. To survive in such cold conditions one would need specially made clothing designed for such extremely cold climate. Maybe the pre-planning part of the trip is what separates Amundsen and Scott the most. Both explorers have
As a student of Contemporary World Geography, the movie Frozen Planet: The Last Frontier is a must watch movie. The film is suitable for students of Contemporary World Geography because the BBC shows the Physical Geography of the Polar Regions and most importantly, it shows the Human Geography of the Arctic Region and Antarctica. As for me, the most important part of the film is about how people of the Arctic and Antarctica survive and adapt to the hostile and extreme weather conditions of the Arctic
Scott's entire party died on the return journey from the pole; some of their bodies, journals, and photographs were found by a search party eight months later. Since then there is a discussion going around whether Scott was a real hero or not. A Real Hero or Not: The Terra Nova Expedition: Robert Falcon Scott he reached his goal but when he arrived he found a Norwegian team had beaten him to it. Disaster struck
Expedition Introduction How Shackleton had planned his Expedition couldn’t have been any more different than how it turned out. Not only did he not cross the Antarctic continent nor did he reach the South Pole. Shackleton, from previous experiences could have expected that. The fact that he didn’t reach the South Pole was something else. The trans-Antarctic expedition making him famous because of his absolute failure was something he would have never expected. Nor the fact that his successful leadership style
INTRODUCTION In the year 1999, NASA lost its two major missions to Mars. Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO) and Mars Polar Lander (MPL) were part of a bigger project Mars Surveyor Program (MSP) that began in 1994. Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) was the first part of this project, launched in 1996 and ended in January 2007. This report discusses the Mars Polar Lander with two Deep Space 2 probes, on board with MPL, and the most probable causes that may have led to MPL failure. BRIEF HISTORY Mars Surveyor Program