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Neil Armstrong was the first man on the Moon. He was followed moments later by Buzz Aldrin. www.ks1resources.co.uk Sir Sir Sir Sir Edmund Edmund Edmund Edmund Hillary Hillary Hillary Hillary (1919 (1919 (1919 (1919 – 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 ) ) ) ) Sir Edmund Hillary was born in Auckland, New Zealand on July 20 th 1919. As a boy he was very shy but he dreamed of having lots of adventures. When he grew up he became a famous mountaineer. www.ks1resources.co.uk He led two expeditions to Antarctica, a place where not long before, only sealers and whalers had ever been. No one lived in Antarctica - it was too cold and covered in ice! www.ks1resources.co.uk The astronauts sent pictures of the Moon back to Earth. They were pictures that had never been seen before. www.ks1resources.co.uk On June 2 nd , 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first two men to successfully climb to the top of Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. www.ks1resources.co.uk The purpose of the expeditions was to explore the part of Antarctica around the Ross Sea and to find out more about the animals, the weather and the land of Antarctica. Scott and his fellow explorers also wanted to be the first to reach the South Pole. www.ks1resources.co.uk www.ks1resources.co.uk www.ks1resources.co.uk Roald Roald Roald Roald Amundsen Amundsen Amundsen Amundsen Amundsen (1872 (1872 (1872 (1872 – 1928) 1928) 1928) 1928) Roald Amundsen was born in Norway in 1872. On December 14th, 1911 he beat Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole. www.ks1resources.co.uk www.ks1resources.co.uk When they finally reached the South Pole in January 1912, they found that the Norwegian explorer, Roald Amundsen and his men had got there first. www.ks1resources.co.uk They also collected samples of Moon rock, dust and soil to take back to Earth. Route to the top This photograph shows Amundsen and his team onboard their ship on the way to Antarctica. www.ks1resources.co.uk On July 24 th 1969, eight days after the launch, their command module floated gently towards Earth and landed in the ocean where boats picked up the astronauts. www.ks1resources.co.uk Robert Robert Robert Robert Falcon Falcon Falcon Falcon Scott Scott Scott Scott (1868 (1868 (1868 (1868 – 1912) 1912) 1912) 1912) Robert Falcon Scott was born in Devon in 1868 and became an officer in the Royal Navy. www.ks1resources.co.uk To reach safety, Scott and his men had to go back 800 miles through freezing temperatures and ice. They had a disastrous time with blizzards, gale force winds, poor clothing and little food. Eventually they all died. Many months later, a search party found their bodies wrapped them in their tent and buried them in the snow. www.ks1resources.co.uk www.ks1resources.co.uk Amundsen and his dog team at the South Pole.
Roald Amundsen was famous for other expeditions. Between 1903 and 1905 he crossed the Northwest passage which is the sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It was another 34 years before anyone else made the same journey. www.ks1resources.co.uk www.ks1resources.co.uk www.ks1resources.co.uk In 1918, he set off on his ship, the Maud to the North Pole. His idea was to freeze his ship into the ice and then float to the Pole with the ice. After three winters frozen in the ice, Amundson and his men finally got through the Northeast passage to the North Pole. www.ks1resources.co.uk 1850 1900 1950 2000 Robert Falcon Scott 1868 - 1912 www.ks1resources.co.uk 1875 1925 1975 2025 Roald Amundsen 1872 - 1928 Sir Edmund Hillary 1919 - 2008 Moon Landing 1969 Jacques Cousteau 1910 - 1997 Ranulf Fiennes 1944 - For For as as long long long as as people people have have lived lived on on on Earth Earth there there have have have been been explorers. explorers. Many Many have have gone gone to to places places that that other other people people have have never never been been before. before. Why Why do do people people become become explorers? explorers? explorers? That’s That’s That’s another another story! story! www.ks1resources.co.uk
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