The Southern Cross Expedition‚ officially known as the British Antarctic Expedition 1898–1900‚ was the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration‚ and the forerunner of the more celebrated journeys of Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton. The brainchild of the Norwegian-born‚ half-British explorer and schoolmaster Carsten Borchgrevink‚ it was the first expedition to over-winter on the Antarctic mainland‚ the first to visit the Great Ice Barrier since James Clark Ross in
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first concept we will talk about is the fact the Magnetic North is NOT at the North Pole. This is because the magnetic North moves about a lot and does not always match up with the geographical north (the north pole). The diagram above shows us the difference between these two poles. The orange rectangle represents the giant ‘magnet’ inside the Earth and as you can tell (by the South pole facing the geographical North)‚ on a compass the magnetic North is really the geographical
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13. MARINER robot was the 1stwho took first pictures 14. In July 1979‚Viking 1 was the first to land on mars 15. In 1997‚Mars pathfinder rocket took robot 16. It has frozen CO2 on North and south poles and there are towering mountains on South pole and Dusty plains on North pole 17. In 2004 rover rocket took 2 robots and they are still running on the Mars surface 18. Mt. OLYMPUS is the tallest mountain in the solar system 19. New world discovered in the deep sea of Antarctica
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Four forms of discouse 1. Exposition In the first of this‚ exposition‚ the intention is to explain something: for instance‚ to make some idea clear to the reader‚ to analyze situation‚ to define a term‚ to give directions. The intension‚ in short‚ is to inform. One of the four major forms of discourse‚ in which something is explained or “set forth” EXAMPLE: Outdoor Education remains my favorite field trip of all time due to all of the memorable activities we experienced. For instance
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II. English Language Arts‚ Reading Comprehension‚ Grade 3 Grade 3 English Language Arts Reading Comprehension Test The spring 2009 grade 3 MCAS English Language Arts Reading Comprehension test was based on learning standards in the two content strands of the Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework (2001) listed below. Specific learning standards for grade 3 are found in the Supplement to the Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework (2004). Page numbers for
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concern‚ is conveyed‚ on a surface level‚ through the way in which Walton’s desire for knowledge‚ more specifically‚ the “unexplored regions..of the mist and snow” leads him to physical danger of being caught in the dangerous conditions of the North Pole. This idea is also portrayed through the acquirement of knowledge that the two protagonists‚ Victor Frankenstein and The Creature‚ seek. Ultimately‚ leading them to the destruction of their lives and the lives around them. Throughout the novel‚
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At the beginning of the story‚ Walton is writing to his beloved sister. He talks about his big adventure to the North Pole. His dream is to see the sun going around and around‚ the campise spinning in circles‚ and to find a new passage. Walton explains to his sister of the loneliness he is feeling‚ but he is also very picky with who could be his friend. One day‚ Walton see a tall person on a slide pass by before find Victor. Victor‚ at first‚ looked like a savage. Though as he spoke to Walton turns
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correctly. In Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein‚” Shelley portrays these two aspects of accomplishment as dangerous‚ destructive‚ and even fateful. Shelley begins her novel with an ambitious seafarer named Robert Walton. Walton is determined to reach the North Pole‚ where he may “tread a land never before imprinted by the foot of man” (6). During his journey‚ he writes constantly to his sister‚ Margaret Saville. Unfortunately‚ due to the laws of nature‚ sheets of impassable ice enclosing on their ship soon interrupt
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explains that the problem “is that [the] totem pole is not part of the show and [it needs] to [be moved] someplace else” (King 2). Both these stories concentrate on how superiority conquers the morals of society leading to unequal situations. People are subject to authority even if it leads to their demise‚ simply‚ because it is a norm of society for the inferior to follow the superior. The dismissal of the narrator’s concern and the decision to move the totem pole illustrates how figures of authority tend
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Sir Joshua Reynolds c.1775 (from the Castle Howard Collection) 2. Omai‚ Banks and Solander by William Parry‚ C1776 (from the Collection at Parham Park) c.1776 3. Omai‚ engraving by J.Caldwall of drawing by W.Hodges‚ Voyage towards the South Pole‚ pl.57 4. Omiah‚ a Native of Otaheite brought to England by Captain Fourneaux‚ 1774‚ National Library of Australia 5. Omai‚ 1774‚ unsigned pencil drawing‚ by Natheniel Dance‚ public archives of Canada 6. mai‚ aus Otaheithi‚ Royal University
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