Other explorers - many of whom were contemporaries of Shackleton - tried to accomplish ambitious and daring feats. Choose one of the following explorers to research using your elite internet search skills.
Polar Explorers
1. Captain Robert F. Scott
2. Roald Amundsen
3. James Clark Ross
Your research may be self-directed and you have a lot of freedom in how you choose to present your findings. You can use a Google Slideshow, poster, annotated map, or any other meaningful and creative medium, but you must include the following:
- Date of Birth
- Date of Death
- Brief description of how they became an explorer
- What areas did they explore other than Antarctica
- Brief synopsis of their Antarctic expeditions
- Map of Antarctic or other explorations
- Cause of Death
- Any other interesting information that you find
Be sure to list your sources. Try to find at least three, one of which should be from a ".edu." Wikipedia can be a good starting point, but it cannot be a source in itself. You must follow the links or verify your research elsewhere.
Polar Explorers
1. Captain Robert F. Scott
2. Roald Amundsen
3. James Clark Ross
Your research may be self-directed and you have a lot of freedom in how you choose to present your findings. You can use a Google Slideshow, poster, annotated map, or any other meaningful and creative medium, but you must include the following:
- Date of Birth
- Date of Death
- Brief description of how they became an explorer
- What areas did they explore other than Antarctica
- Brief synopsis of their Antarctic expeditions
- Map of Antarctic or other explorations
- Cause of Death
- Any other interesting information that you find
Be sure to list your sources. Try to find at least three, one of which should be from a ".edu." Wikipedia can be a good starting point, but it cannot be a source in itself. You must follow the links or verify your research elsewhere.