Photo. From a Arctic expedition (photo from Xexplorersweb: www.explorersweb.com)
Just take a look inside the National Maritime
Museum (Greenwich in London). A British exhibition called "South: The race to the
pole" opens today. It is about polar expeditions, and covers the
most of the story here.
The Antarctic is one of the world's last wilderness areas, and is still
relatively untouched. But the interest for experience this area has increased.
More than 10.000 real adventures are visit Antarctic yearly.
Some of they who like really big challenges like to walk in the footprints of
famous polar explorers as Captain Robert Falcon Scott, sir Ernest Shackleton and
the "first man", the Norwegian Roald Amundsen. Even though the British admit now
that the Norwegians were first on the South Pole. British School children have
been taught during years that their own national hero Scott won the polar race.
Will there be revealed any interesting news from the
Polar history in the exhibition? And will some of the many myths be crushed? We
will see. The debate will still goes on. And the interest about Polar areas and
expeditions will continue to increase. It is said that walking around in Polar
areas is like walking on an another planet. Follow us! We will bring more news
and travelling experiences Antarctic.
Stein Morten Lund, 15 September 2000
Additional information
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arctic expeditions on our site.
Other links:
National
Maritime Museum (Greenwich in London).
Exhibition: 14 September 2000 - 30
September 2001.
South: the race to the Pole is about the 'heroic age' of Antarctic
exploration, from the beginning of the 20th century to the end of the First
World War. The exhibition focuses on the expeditions of Captain Robert Falcon
Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton and the Norwegian, Roald Amundsen.
Click on the
link to read more: www.nmm.ac.uk
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