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Geography Antarctica The Journey to the South Pole [Date] Today I will: - Be able to describe the harsh conditions that explorers faced while on their journey to the South Pole - Write detailed and well written diary entries
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Geography Antarctica. The Journey to the South Pole[Date] Today I will : Be able to describe the harsh conditions that explorers faced while on their journey to the South Pole Write detailed and well written diary entries. Geography Antarctica. Roald Amundsen (Norwegian). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Journey to the South Pole [Date]
Today I will:
- Be able to describe the harsh conditions that explorers faced while on their journey to the South Pole- Write detailed and well written diary entries
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Roald Amundsen(Norwegian)
Robert Scott(British)
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In your jotter write: Adjectives to describe Antarctica
In pairs write down as many adjectives as you can think of to describe the conditions that the two teams faced when they arrived in Antarctica.
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Scott and his 4 men reached the South
Pole AFTER Amundsen.
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Roald Amundsen’s team were the first people to arrive at the South Pole on December 14th 1911
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Captain Scott’s hut has remained untouched (apart from the odd passing explorer) for almost 100
years.
It has effectively been ‘frozen in time’
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Imagine that you are Robert Scott who is leading the treacherous mission to reach the South Pole. Your task is to write a diary entry for
each of the following dates:
4th June 1910: When the team set off from Cardiff10th January 1912: When the team were travelling through Antarctica
17th January 1912: The day they arrived at the South Pole27-29th March 1912: The final days before death
What are the success criteria? (i.e. What makes a good diary entry?)
In pairs discuss what a good diary entry should look and read like.
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Success Criteria Comments
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Read your information sheet. Imagine that you are Robert Scott who is leading the treacherous mission to reach the South Pole. Your task is
to write a diary entry for each of the following dates:
4th June 1910: When the team set off from Cardiff10th January 1912: When the team were travelling through Antarctica
17th January 1912: The day they arrived at the South Pole27-29th March 1912: The final days before death
