Sentences with phrase «polar explorers nansen»

Ann Bancroft is one of the world's preeminent polar explorers and an internationally recognized leader who is dedicated to inspiring women and girls around the world to unleash the power of their dreams.
Robert Swan, OBE is one of the world's pre-eminent polar explorers and environmental leaders.
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To counter your suspicion about stool quality and frequency: Besides my personal experience, I heard that the polar explorers who started eating the Eskimos» meat - only diet, got rid of their digestion problems and had regular smooth bowel movements.
Growing up in Norway he had admiration for Norwegian national heroes — the polar explorers Nansen and Amundsen — but it was as an adult while co-editing «Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives» that Dr Thorsen got to combine his personal and professional interests.
An Oasis on Ice Cryoconite was discovered in the late 19th century, when polar explorers noticed the dark grains while trudging across the ice.
At the stern are families around cooking fires; among them wander polar explorers from the past, including Sir John Franklin and his crew, resplendent in their impractical uniforms.
How Success Happens is a podcast featuring polar explorers, authors, ultramarathoners, artists and more to better understand what connects dreaming and doing.
Pazzo speculated that her discovery could explain the sudden disappearance of the polar explorer Philippe Poisson in 1837.
Alain Hubert, chairman of the board of the International Polar Foundation is a reknowned polar explorer.
Similar to the slegdes used by Belgian polar explorer Alain Hubert on his expeditions, our sledges allow expedition members to carry a considerable weight in equipment and supplies when heading into the Antarctic wildnerness on foot.
Alain Hubert, Founder and President of the International Polar Foundation, is a civil engineer by training and certified mountain guide (UIAGM), entrepreneur, and polar explorer.
Founded by Belgian polar explorer Alain Hubert, Prof. Hugo Decleir and Prof. André Berger in 2002, the Brussels - based International Polar Foundation provides a novel interface between science and society, and was recognised by Belgian Royal Statute as a foundation for the public good in 2002.
The award is named after Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian polar explorer, diplomat, and statesman who won the 1922 Nobel Peace Prize for his philanthropic work.
Named for famed 20th - century polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, the historic, dark - paneled room, with Antarctic photos covering the walls, is a favorite gathering spot for scientists and adventurers headed to the South Pole.
Through her diverse roles as a polar explorer, educator and motivational leader, Arnesen ignites passion in others to reach beyond their normal boundaries and achieve their dreams by sharing her own stories about exploring some of the most remote places on earth.
Throughout the duration of the flight, a bonafide polar explorer offers educational tidbits over the loudspeaker.
Or get even more adventurous and trek in the Stauning Alps with polar explorer Vilborg.
The neon sculpture shown at Art Rotterdam quotes the famous British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott (1868 - 1912).
Activist polar explorer Børge Ousland's told National Geographic that more polar bear encounters on land are due to reduced sea ice — without any reference to population changes over that time or revealing when or where these observations were made.
In old photos his ice - fringed beard nearly touches his chest, making him look more like a 19th - century polar explorer than an employee of the U.S. Geological Survey.
«The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it» — Robert Swan, British polar explorer and environmentalist.
I pay attention to recent articles, data and reports by Will Steger, polar explorer from Minnesota by dogsled.

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Plunging into the abyss of the polar regions, explorers were stripped of their pretensions, reduced to essentials.
Among the historical figures bound by the thematic thread of dna in journalist Sam Kean's new book are Charles Hapsburg, whose weak chin was the result of royal inbreeding, and a group of Arctic explorers who were poisoned by the Vitamin A in polar bear liver, which threw off their gene expression.
The North Pole and Its Seekers October 28, 1868 New Expeditions to the Arctic Regions June 24, 1871 The Latest Arctic Explorations — The Remarkable Escape of the Polaris Party June 7, 1873 Rescue of the Remaining Survivors of the Polaris October 4, 1873 The Latest Polar Expedition December 26, 1874 Work for Arctic Explorers July 17, 1875 The British Arctic Expedition The Coming Arctic Expeditions May 22, 1875 The British Arctic Expedition August 28, 1975 July 3, 1876 The Search for the Pole The British Arctic Expedition December 23 and 30, 1876 The Recent Arctic Expedition January 20, 1877 Another Approach: Balloons and Airships Some Suggestions for Future Polar Expeditions February 13, 1877 Proposed New British Polar Expedition September 20, 1879 To the North Pole by Balloon July 13, 1895 Wellman's Airship for His North Polar Expedition By the Paris Correspondent of the Scientific American July 7, 1906 The Wellman Polar Airship Expedition By the Paris Correspondent of the Scientific American June 22, 1907 Farther North The American Arctic Expedition September 14, 1878 The Peary Arctic Expedition July 15, 1893 Nansen's Polar Expedition March 14, 1896 The Recent Failures of Arctic Expeditions August 29, 1896 The Return of Lieut. Peary September 27, 1902 The Polar Regions June 11, 1904 Peary's New Ship for Work in Arctic Seas October 8, 1904 Peary and the North Pole July 15, 1905 Peary's Arctic Ship, The «Roosevelt» July 15, 1905 Peary's «Farthest North» November 17, 1906 Race to the Finish: Peary and Cook Peary's Quest of the North Pole July 18, 1908 Peary and the North Pole August 21, 1909 Dr. Cook and the North Pole September 11, 1909 Dr. Cook's Discovery of the North Pole September 11, 1909 Honor to Whom Honor is Due September 18, 1909 Commander Peary's Discovery of the North Pole September 18, 1909 Retrospect of the Year 1909: Exploration January 1, 1910 «Investigating» Peary April 22, 1911 THE SOUTH POLE Exploring Antarctica Antarctic Exploration January 23, 1897 To South Polar Lands February 13, 1897 The Voyage of the «Discovery» February 3, 1906 Antarctic Expeditions, Past and Present Some Heroes of Exploration November 11, 1911 Dr. Charcot's Antarctic Expedition November 30, 1907 Motoring Toward the Pole By Motor Car to the South Pole By J. S. Dunnet October 19, 1907 The Shackleton Antarctic Expedition By John Plummer August 29, 1908 Lieut. Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition April 3, 1909 Lieut. Shackleton April 9, 1910 Two Novel Motor Sleds By Walter Langford May 14, 1910 Race to the Finish: Amundsen and Scott The Antarctic Expeditions January 13, 1912 The Discovery of the South Pole March 16, 1912 Amundsen's Attainment of the South Pole Progress of Antarctic Exploration By G. W. Littlehales, Hydrographic Office, United States Navy March 23, 1912 Capt. Scott at the South Pole April 13, 1912 Shadows at the South Pole June 15, 1912 The Scott Expedition and its Tragic End A Sacrifice Made for Scientific Ideals February 22, 1913 Achievements and Lessons of the Scott Expedition March 1, 1913 To the South Pole with the Cinematograph Film Records of Scott's Ill - Fated Expedition June 21, 1913 Science in the Heroic Age The Height of the Antarctic Continent By Walter Langford June 4, 1910 The Renewed Siege of the Antarctic January 17, 1914 Shackleton's South Polar Expedition The Value of His Scientific Observations By Henryk Arctowski June 17, 1916 Thawing Scott's Legacy A pioneer in atmosphere ozone studies, Susan Solomon rewrites the history of a fatal polar expedition By Sarah Simpson December 2001 Greater Glory In the race to the South Pole, explorer Robert F. Scott refused to sacrifice his ambitious science agenda By Edward J. Larson June 2011
Today's polar scientist frequently marvels as she or he looks back at what these early scientist - explorers accomplished, as they laid the foundations that remain firm to this day in fields ranging across geology, meteorology, biology, glaciology, and more.
The prospect of liquid water at Enceladus» south polar terrain makes it an attractive target for a lander, said Fabian Baader, a member of the Enceladus Explorer (EnEx) project team at the University of Applied Sciences in Aachen, Germany.
Britain has a great history of polar exploration and science — a history of Scott and Shackleton, and many other explorers, who all had a close link to this city, home of the British Antarctic Survey and the Scott Polar Institute.
The nemesis of the arctic explorer; plenty of them have tried to hunt polar bears, foolishly eaten the liver, and died due to it being the richest source of vitamin A in the world.
Ro, a high school teacher, works tirelessly on her biography of the 19th - century trailblazing Faroese explorer Eivør Mínervudottír, who shucked societal norms for decades, ultimately freezing to death at age 42 on a polar expedition.
Visit the Fram Museum, showcasing the polar ship Fram and dedicated to one of the explorers and wooden vessels that navigated the Arctic Sea in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Our suites are named after Norwegian polar heroes, MS Fram travels in the wake of these great explorers.
With our explorer voyages, we take you to the polar bears of Svalbard in the north to the penguins of Antarctica in the south with our fleet of advanced, intimately - scaled expeditions ships.
Embark on a luxurious expedition to the best far - flung destinations in the world aboard Silver Explorer, a purpose - built expedition ship unlike any other, designed to cruise both of earth's polar waters.
Just over one year after the polar cruise ship MV Explorer sank off Antarctica, another such ship, the MV Ushuaia, has run aground on rocks in the same area.
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Nevertheless, as all the explorers who travelled closer and closer to the pole reported, the polar ice cap is quite thick, and persists year - round.
As one person commented below the article, famous explorer Roald Amundsen was attacked by a polar bear (back in the days when explorers drove SUV's, remember?).
80 - year - old photo plates from Danish polar explorerProve that Greenland's glaciers melted faster in 30s than they did todayBrief cooling period mid-century re-froze icePre - satellite images of ice shelves are extremely rare By Rob Waugh Published: 08:06 GMT, 30 May 2012 Updated: 11:54 GMT, 30 May 2012 The glacier named after Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen in Greenland A stash of 80 - year - old photo plates in a Danish basement has proved that Greenland's ice was melting even faster then that it is now.
Lost photos prove Greenland's ice was melting FASTER 80 years ago than today 80 - year - old photo plates from Danish polar explorerProve that Greenland's glaciers melted faster in 30s than they did todayBrief cooling period mid-century re-froze icePre - satellite images of ice shelves are extremely rare By Rob Waugh Published: 08:06 GMT, 30 May 2012 Updated: 11:54 GMT, 30 May 2012 The glacier named after Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen in Greenland A stash of 80 - year - old photo plates in a Danish basement has proved that Greenland's ice was melting even faster then that it is now.
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