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The Antarctic
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Southern Worlds
Great Adventure
The End of the WorlPatagoniantarctic PennisulaScotia Arch
Antarctic Treaty
-Claims
•British
•Norwegian
•New Zealand
•USA
•Australian
•Chile
•Argentina
•French
Coldest & Largest Deser
Windiest
Antarctic Plus
Average Elevation: 7,500 ft
Bentley trench: -8,300 ft
outh Pole 9300 ft
Freshwater - 98% Ice
Least Known & Visited
What we know
Emperor Penguin
Emperor Penguin
Emperor’s
Life Cycle
Antarctic Journeys
18th, 19th, 20th Centuries
1766- HMS Niger
1768- South Pacific
Terra Australis Incognita?
Jan 7, 1769Jan 7, 1769
““now for the firstnow for the first
time saw some oftime saw some of
the birds calledthe birds called
penguins…”penguins…”
Joseph Banks
To Find a Southern Continent
1773-1775
HMS Resolution
Cross the Antarctic Circle
uth Georgia Island- after King George III
Georg Forster
1778- James Cook
Last Expedition to Find NW Passage
Ends in Hawaii
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John Ross & James Clark Ross 1829-1833
Finds the north magnetic pole
Magnetic Observations
uthern continent 1839-43 - HMS Erebus & Terror
n’t Land- circumnavigate the continent
ctoria Land- After the New Queen
James Clark Ross 1839-43
Foresaw Animal Slaughter
“will now no doubt be made
to contribute to the wealth
of our country, in exact
proportion to the energy
and perseverance of our
merchants.”
Ross Island - Mt Terror - MtRoss Island - Mt Terror - Mt
Erebus
Age of Exploration
1897-98
Belgium Antarctic Expedition
Amundsen, Cook
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1901-04 Discovery Exp
Scott & Shackleton
South Pole- failure
1903
Roald Amundsen
NW Passage
South Magnetic Pole
1907-09
Shackleton - Nimrod
Failed
97 miles
88.23
thought, dear, that you would rather have a
ve ass than a dead lion.” - Shackleton
North Pole
1908 &1909
Cook & Peary
Scott & Amundsen
South Pole
1911-12
Amundsen & Scott
Scott: sledges, ratiomundsen: dog teams, Inuit Skins
Scott Party
Jan 17, 1912
Amundsen
Dec 14, 1911
To the Pole
…and Back?
Robert Falcon Scott
11 miles to depot
1914-1916
WWI outbreak
“Proceed”
"men wanted: for hazardous journey. small wages,
bitter cold, long months of complete darkness,
constant danger, safe return doubtful.
honour and recognition in case of success”
-Sir Ernest Shackleton"
Endurance
Blackborrow Stowaway
South Georgia
Weddell Sea
Ocean Camp
Endurance
Crushed by Ice
Drifting Ice
497 days no land
Cape Valentine
Elephant Island
Blackborrow lame
Cape Wild- Elephant Island
Elephant Island
James Cairn
24 stay, 5 leave
Elephant Island - South Georgia Island (800mil
South Georgia Islan
James Cairn
South Georgia Island (36 hours by fo
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Four Attempts
Yelcho- Punta Arenas Chile
Shackleton Returns
105 Days
“Are you all well?”
“All well, all safe”
Shackleton Tries Again
South Georgia 1922
Utterly Remote
Vast, Big
Palmer Station
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Esperanza Station
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Waters of Life
Antarctic Plus
Weddell Seal
Crabeater Seal
Leopard Seal
Leopard Seal
Humpback Whale
Humpback Whale
Minke Whale
Pelagics
Wandering Albatross
Wandering Albatross
Black-browed Albatros
Cape Petrel Antarctic Petrel
Brown Skua
Southern Giant Petre
Esperanza Bay
Lemaire Channel
Gentoo Penguins
Adelei Penguins
Adelei Penguins
Adelei Penguins
Orca
Pale-faced Sheathbill
Pale-faced Sheathbill
Lemaire Channel
Paulet Island
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