EARTH 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Ross Ice Shelf, Robert Falcon Scott, King Edward Vii Land
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Lecture 17 - 03/09/17 - heroic age of exploration (end of 1800s - feb 1917 ends w/ Limited nature of resources b/c of transportation and comm. tech. Heroic label; 19 people died in this period. Robert falcon scott (1901-1904) + shackleton, wilson, wild, crean, and lashly. 1st official royal expedition by uk in 60 years. Attempt south pole got to 82 17 s. Discovered emperor penguins chicks hatch in dead of winter. Found eastern edge of ross ice shelf - edward vii peninsula. Ascended the ferrar glacier to be on first polar plateau @ 8900 ft. Base @ cape royds on ross island. Planned start @ hut point ice made him settle for cape evans. Got off plateau okay but beardmore glacier was hard people died. Small, light, swift, learn from north expeditions. Originally planned for n. pole but someone else did it so halfway around cape horn, Set out from bay of whales base framheim.
