-
exploring Greenland
He set off on skies to explore greenland -
Fridtjof Nansen
-He was 26 years old
-wants to be first to explore North pole
-from norway
-ship had supplies for 5 years
-crashed boat on ice on purpose -
Nansen wrecks his ship
Nansen wrecks his ship into the ice.
Without telling his shipmates he did it on purpose.
They made the ship to wreck into ice. -
Nansen gets rescued
After a while Nansen and Johansen set out by them selves and left crew members to take care of the ship. 1 group came and rescued Nansens crew then another group rescued Nansen and Johansen. -
Andree Salomon
-from Sweden
-took a hot air balloon and 2 men with him
- crashed after 3 days in the air
-tried to survive but died in 3 months
-remains and photos found 33 years later -
Salomon's Death
They ran out fuel and crashed. they just kept walking on and they had to walk on slush and after a while of frezzing they froze and were found frozen with a camera. -
Peary made a full-scale assualt upon the North Pole
His plan was to take a ship as far north as possible -
Robert E. Peary
-on an expidition his toes were frost bitten and his toes broke off
-he was the closest to the North Pole
-had a snow baby -
ROBERT E. PEARY WAS PROVEN HE DID NOT MAKE IT
Robert E.Peary came home from a harsh expedition and when he got home Dr.Cook said he did not make it so They looked in his journel and it says he did but then they asked his Inuits and they said he didnt make it. -
First man on the North Pole
-Joseph Fletcher was the first to land on the North Pole
-He is a Air Force pilot
-no one ever made it on foot still
