Sentences with phrase «early explorers discovered»

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Earlier this year at Cheltenham Literature Festival he even suggested Christians make the best explorers; but I was amused to discover that this intrepid explorer is himself scared of heights.

One of the continent's earliest explorers, James Clark Ross — the Englishman who discovered the Ross Ice Shelf — remarked on the stirring sight of Adélies arcing in and out of the water during the migration to their home colonies.

The intrepid robotic explorer successfully completed its primary scientific objective when it discovered strong evidence early on in its mission that a place called Yellowknife Bay near its landing site, constitutes an ancient dried - out lake bed which was once filled with drinkable liquid water billions of years ago and could have sustained life — if any were present.

The southerly route of the Northwest Passage — originally discovered between 1903 to 1906 by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen — was open in late August and early September, and the Northern Sea Route along Russia has been open for most of the month.

They are of Cadillac, LaSalle, Marquette and Gabriel Richard, the early French explorers who discovered Michigan and helped found Detroit.

The famous Ankor temple complex was lost in the jungles until discovered by French explorers in the early 1900s, yet decades of war and civil strife, until recently, kept most tourists away.

It was a great diversion tactic that sent early explorers merrily on their way to discovering a true land of ice and eventually, a northern route to North America.

Aspects of this area which you'll discover include plant life, geology and remnants of early explorers and settlers.

Aspects of this area, which will be discovered, include plant life, geology, Aboriginal culture and plant usage and remnants of early explorers and settlers.

The Hawaiian Islands were discovered by early explorers navigating by following the stars, traditional voyagers still practice this art of celestial wayfinding aided by a night sky that twinkles with thousands of lights.