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FIRST TO THE POLE
FIRST TO THE POLE. Don. C. Barnett. Teaching Ideas. 1. Note that the drive to be first is strong. Have students think of examples in people have tried to be first. Was it in a school contest or sports event? ... people tried to be the first to reach the North Pole. Some staked their spot ... reached the Pole was Frederick Albert Cook, an American explorer who claimed that he reached ...
Antarctic Explorers: Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen. 1872-1928. Roald Amundsen, born in 1872 near Oslo, Norway, left his mark on the Heroic Era as one of the most successful polar explorers ever born. ... "The North Pole is reached!" was the news ... and try to reach the South Pole". Gjertsen wrote, "Most ... via the North Pole. This was the first trans-Arctic flight ...
Amundsen was double winner
News article on evidence that Roald Amundsen, not Richard Byrd, was first to fly over the North Pole. ... Not Byrd, Was First to Reach North Pole. Fresh studies have revealed that Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen was the first ... all probability did not reach the North Pole at all ...
Woman aiming to reach North Pole alone is missing
... hoped to be the first woman to reach the North Pole alone and unaided ... A French woman explorer on a solo trek to the geographic North Pole is missing five ...
NPR : Quest to Reach the North Pole
NPR''s Alex Chadwick continues our <I>Morning Edition/National Geographic</I> series The Geographic Century. This week -- explorer Robert Peary's quest to become the first person to reach the North Pole.
The American Experience | Alone on the Ice | Robert Peary
Exploring the Greenland ice cap in 1886, Robert Peary, on leave from his duties with the U.S. Navy, came to the conclusion that the North Pole lay beyond, and was not part of, Greenland. ... be the first man to reach the North Pole, the top ...
The North Pole
... Nobile and Roald Amundsen the great Norwegian explorer the first persons to visit the North Pole ... Ellesmere Island to reach the North Pole. Was Naomi Uemura the first person to ...
Explorers of North America - EnchantedLearning.com
... explorer who was the first person to fly over the North Pole in a dirigible (May 11-13, 1926) and was the first person to reach the South Pole ...
To The North Pole!
Dear bear friends: Who were the first humans to reach the North Pole? The Ewer bears are very interested in this question. After all, most of us are polar bears. We are very curious about the arctic region, where real polar bears live. ... great arctic explorer. Admiral Peary is generally thought to have been the first human to reach the North Pole ...
Arctic Odyssey Members
... and made a daring attempt to reach the North Pole by dog team ... 1978 - Japanese explorer Naomi Uemura became the first man to reach the North Pole alone by dog ...