No Stone Left UnturnedExploring Extreme Regions

Presentation Developed by: Michael Tolbert

What Is Extreme Exploration?

Exploration of areas that are hostile to humans.

Ocean Exploration Pole Exploration Mountain Exploration Cave Exploration Space Exploration What Else?

What Makes Them Go?

Personal Glory National Glory The Drive to Achieve Romance Thrill Seeking Scientific and Geographic

Discovery Financial Gain Because Its There

What Makes Them Go?

"The lure of the Arctic is tugging at my heart.

 To me the trail is calling.  

The old trail. The trail that is always new." 

                          ~Mathew Alexander Henson~ 

Those Who Went----

Floyd Collins Neil Armstrong Sir Ernest Shackleton Robert E. Peary George Mallory Sir Edmund Hillary

Floyd Collins

Cave Explorer met his end in 1925

Lived near Mammoth Cave in Kentucky

Died of exposure while exploring Sand Cave

Ignited a media frenzy that captured the attention of the entire nation

“I am trapped, trapped for Life”

Neil Armstrong

9:30 p.m. July 20, 1969 600 million watched

from the television Neil Armstrong made

his first step on the moon.

Who cares?

Sir Ernest Shackleton

1914-1916 Shackleton with a crew of

26 set out from London for Antarctica.

His ship, Nimrod, became stuck in packed ice

The crew remained there for many months

Their experiences were immortalized by the photography of Frank Hurley

Photos: Frank Hurley

Robert E. Peary

First to conduct major explorations of the North Pole

First Expedition: 1989----Failed

Tried again in 1905 Finally Reached the

North Pole on April 6, 1909

Matthew Hensen

George Mallory

British Disappeared while

attempting a summit of Mt. Everest in 1924

Mystery surrounded the event until his body was found 75 years later

Sir Edmund Hillary

First to successfully summit Mt. Everest

Let’s find out more!!!!

Start HereStart Here www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/history/firstsummit.html

References

• www.pbs.org• http://www.pearyhenson.org/robertepeary/• http://www.south-pole.com/p0000097.htm• http://www.roadsideamerica.com• www.nps.gov• http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/

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