South Pole Essays

“Sir Ernest Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer, who made three expeditions to the continent, most famously in 1914 on the Endurance” (Sir Ernest Shackleton). The ‘founder’ of the Shackleton family was Abraham Shackleton. Abraham was a profound Quaker born in Kildare County, Ireland. The Shackleton family originated in the English country of the Yorkshire and consisted of pure Anglo-Irish blood. On February 15, 1874 Ernest Henry Shackleton was born in Kilkea House, Kildare County, Ireland

Engines breathing life into the desolate Antarctic tundra, a red and white Twin Otter aircraft landed beside the Allan Hills, skis gliding over blue ice. 9,403 miles from home, Princeton University Professor of Geosciences John Higgins descended into no man’s land. This was the Princeton crew’s sixth season on the ice – they were no longer strangers to the land. And yet, as they trekked through the barren landscape, little did they know that beneath their very own feet waited the answer to what Higgins

Zealand. After a brief stop there, the Nimrod set off to Antarctica, and the rest is history. This expedition was lead by Ernest Shackleton, and the goal was to reach the South Pole. The team works hard and go as far as they can, but in the end, for the sake of his own men, Ernest makes the brave decision to turn back. The first South Pole expedition by Ernest Shackleton re-sparked the curiosity of the people at the time about the Earth and all of its

xHe is in St. Petersburg and he is on journey to the North Pole. He wants his life to have a purpose and wants to make other scientific discoveries as well. He is committed to self-discovery and adventure. He wishes he had a friend with the same sensibilities and he says he is self taught. Walton is going North, on his ship. His emotion has rule over his reason. One month has passed and the sailors are now trapped in fog and ice. The weak and near-death man says that he is seeking someone who left

The story comes to show that you can not play with the creations of mother nature. If you do, it will always come back to haunt you just like it did to the Mariner. He is on his ship with his crew when a storm hits and gets them stuck in the south pole. They are stranded there

The way a person thinks about health, “whether that is our ‘philosophy’, our ‘worldview’, our ‘framework’ influences what we do as individuals in practice,” as well as how we deliver the health service. These elements allow us to think about healthcare in our own culturally acceptable way, this isn’t always an acceptable way of delivering the service to people with views different to our own. Cultural competence is an approach that aids in influencing the service and the education of healthcare professionals

Sometimes people have to make a hard decision or choice in life when deep down they have to end up letting go of one of the options. In the story, “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” that was brought to life by W.D Wetherell, when the narrator had to make a hard choice of either letting Sheila go or the bass.There are many reasons the narrator had one of the hardest choices, including his immaturity as a teenage boy. The other main reason that it was a hard choice was that he wanted to impress

Nowadays, a lot of people have their own cars and one family might have more than two cars even. People find it impossible to live without cars but they don’t know how negatively it affects their life and even the environment around them that will affect their future later. No one can regret how cars are really important and useful in life but no one knows how it can make their life gloomy. The government should definitely start taking a step and stopping cars in big cities. Cars should absolutely

The Poles are, by comparison, rather attractive in every sense of the word. This conclusion is epitomized by Ewa, who is concerned about the fate of her soul, regrets being forced to demean herself, but always conducts herself with admirable self-respect and

Elves - Myth Or Reality? By Irsan Komarga | Submitted On February 15, 2010 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Expert Author Irsan Komarga In Norse mythology, an elf is a divine creature, endowed with magical

characters who sees the world, and therefore himself, as they truly are. In Frankenstein, Shelly uses diction to show how ego distorts reality and exposes unnecessary danger to the world. Shelly uses Walton’s disregard of danger and view of the north pole to show how he does not see

potentially fatal flaw in Walton and was the downfall of Frankenstein. Their desire to discover or create and be great among men makes them reckless and dangerous to those around them. Robert Walton seeks glory and knowledge from his expedition to the North Pole. He is fascinated by what he might learn there, but seems to be driven more by the thirst for recognition and

In this essay I will dicuss Frederic Chopin and his contribution to the noturne and the developments he made to the nocturne. I will provide a written analysis of one of Chopin’s later nocturnes opus 48. No.1 in C minor. I will critically analyse the score and comprise a brief discourse of the nocturne. Firstly, I will dicuss the nocturne and what is typical in Chopins nocturnes, finally I will critically analyse his nocturne in C minor. A nocturne is a short composition that is usually composed

In Maus by Art Spiegelman, Spiegelman conveys his father’s story of surviving the Holocaust through a graphic novel. The graphic novel recounts the truth of the war and how one family and the people who helped them along the way survived the war even if they didn’t live to see the end. The author’s narrative choices in this novel help realistically tell this story and the use of a non realistic medium to represent a nonfiction story helps convey the accuracy of the novel itself. While refusing a

The Polish immigrant community had no homeland government to partake in the events of the fair. However, the Poles in Chicago understood that having polish national representation was both culturally and politically advantageous. As a result, the community organized the World’s Fair Polish-American Reception Committee of America (PARC). In addition, the community

If there is no “I” in the word team, then what makes up a team? A group of individuals becomes a team when they all aim to a similar outcome, but without each other a desired outcome will not occur. In basketball, a game without a team will not be won. Successful players all contain certain traits that help them to achieve more than someone who lacks them. Without communication, cooperation, and a purpose, failure will happen before even stepping on the court. Communication occurs in everyday life

Whether it’s thousands of feet up on everest, or down in the waters of Antarctica, there are going to be conflicts that people need to face in order to accomplish their goals. It could be the adventure itself, your thoughts in your mind, or even just another person who you dislike. As a leader, you need to stay smart and keep your team motivated. Sir Ernest Shackleton, the leader of the Antarctic expedition, was to take 28 men on one ship called the Endurance, and travel across Antarctica. After

his elf family “Papa elf” encouraging him to participate in elvish things despite him being human and eventually reaching human size. Buddy’s peer groups consist of normally inanimate objects and talking narwhals, which although normal in the North pole is not a part of human society. He is also

Responsibility is the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the reader finds many examples of the importance, need, and especially lack of responsibility with characters like Victor and the monster. A reader of Frankenstein sees multifarious examples of Shelley’s theme of the dangers in not taking responsibility even today in the real world. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Shelley’s portrayal

Totem poles are a way to show who you are through symbolism. In the novel Touching Spirit Bear, Cole uses a totem pole to remind him how he needs to act everyday of his life. He carves his totem pole to let out his inner anger and to use his time on the island wisely. The first thing on my totem pole is a fish. Fish see things from underneath, just like I do. I get to know people before I judge them. I like people based on their personality, now how they look. Outward appearance is nothing compared