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ANTARCTICA

ANTARCTICA. The frozen continent. By Thomas 4B/CE2B. Introduction. You have already learned about where it is, how large it is and what lives on the continent But who found it, and who were the people that risked their lives?. Who found Antarctica?.

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ANTARCTICA

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  1. ANTARCTICA The frozen continent By Thomas 4B/CE2B

  2. Introduction • You have already learned about where it is, how large it is and what lives on the continent • But who found it, and who were the people that risked their lives?

  3. Who found Antarctica? • The greekphilosphers in 600BC-300BC thought that there was land at the North and South polar regions • They also thought that the earth was round!

  4. Early sightings of Antarctica • 1772 - Captain James Cook, Royal Navy, sails within 75miles of the continent but does not see it • 1820 – Admiral Bellinghausen – Russian naval officer discovers ice shelf called “Fimbul Ice Shelf” • 1823 – Mr James Weddell – British seal hunter - discovers the Weddell Sea • 1840 – Jules Dumont d’Urville discovers Adelie Land

  5. 71 years later • 1911 – Amundsen, Norweigan, reaches the south pole for the first time

  6. My favorite polar explorer? Sir Ernest Shackleton

  7. Transantarctic Expedition 1914 • 1914 – expedition leaves UK for Antarctica • Shackleton is expedition leader • Endurance:

  8. Endurance: beset in ice in the Weddell Sea before sinking

  9. Crew camp on ice and make there way to Elephant Island

  10. From Elephant Island – 5 set off to get help! 18 days at sea in this!

  11. 750 miles – without charts and only a compass they reach South Georgia

  12. Rescue • From South Georgia they climbed a mountain • Found the whaling station and help • Shackletonfinds a ship and then picks up his crew • No one loses their life! • Amazing!

  13. What did they live on? • Penguin • Seal • Dog • Fish • Birds • No fruit or vegetables!

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