The Discovery of Antarctica

The

Discovery

of Antarctica

By Yassir EL ATTAR

Poll

Where is Antarctica?

• South Pole

• North Pole

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Would you like to go there some day?

Read the text about The Discovery

of Antarctica

Read carefully the paragraphs. You will have questions after each paragraph!

Antarctica is an enormous frozen continent at the South Pole.

It’s very cold and windy, and there’s snow and ice all year. In the 1890s, many explorers went to Antarctica, including the British explorer Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen from Norway, and Nabu Shirase from Japan. Another very famous name in Antarctic history is British explorer, Captain Robert Scott.

Multiple Choice

Antarctica is a small frozen continent at the outh Pole.

• True

• False

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There is ice and snow all the year.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Many explorers went to the South Pole.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

There was only one British explorer who w

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Captain Robert Scott is British.

• True

• False

Scott’s first expedition began in 1901, but there was terrible weather, with strong winds and freezing temperatures. Scott and his men stopped their expedition before they reached the South Pole.

​ Between 1910 and 1912, the Japanese explorer Nabu Shirase and his men went on an expedition in Antarctica. They explored the Edward VII peninsula, but they didn’t reach the South Pole.​

Multiple Choice

First expedition of Scott began in ................

• 1900

• 1901

• 1902

• 1903

Multiple Choice

The Japanese explorer Nabu Shirase went on an expedition to Antarctica between ..........................

• 1900 and 1902

• 1906 and 1908

• 1910 and 1912

• 19

Multiple Choice

The Japanese explorers couldn't reach ........................

• The South Pole

• Edward VII peninsula

• The North Pole

Scott started his second expedition to the South Pole in 1910, too. There was a race between him and Roald Amundsen to reach the South Pole first. Scott and his men arrived there on January 17^th, 1912, but they found a Norwegian flag and a message from Amundsen. The Norwegian explorer and his men arrived at the South Pole 33 days before Scott.

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Scott and his men started traveling back to camp. Again, the weather was terrible with strong winds and snow. His men were freezing and hungry, and, tragically, everyone died. They were only 18 km from their base camp.

There were many Antarctic explorers, but people admire Captain Scott for his courage and determination. He wasn’t the winner of the race to the South Pole, but he helped people to understand the extreme weather, geography, and geology of Antarctica.

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1. Antarctica has mild temperatures.

2. Captain Scott travelled to Antarctica for the first time in 1890.

3. He went to Antarctica four times.

4. A German explorer wanted to get to the South Pole at the same time as Scott.

5. Sco​tt reached the South Pole about a month before Amundsen.

6. Scott and his men died​ at the South Pole.

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