The Dangerous Race for the South Pole - Elizabeth Leane

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Video

John Horgan
by TED-Ed
published on 29 March 2021

View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-dangerous-and-daring-race-for-the-south-pole-elizabeth-leane

By the early 1900’s CE, nearly every region of the globe had been visited and mapped, with only two key locations left: the North and South Poles. After two Americans staked claim to reaching the North Pole, a Norwegian explorer and a British naval officer each set out for the last unmapped region in what newspapers called a “Race to the Pole.” Elizabeth Leane sets the scene for their journeys south.

Lesson by Elizabeth Leane, directed by WOW-HOW Studio.

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TED-Ed. (2021, March 29). The Dangerous Race for the South Pole - Elizabeth Leane. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/video/2386/the-dangerous-race-for-the-south-pole---elizabeth/

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TED-Ed. "The Dangerous Race for the South Pole - Elizabeth Leane." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified March 29, 2021. https://www.worldhistory.org/video/2386/the-dangerous-race-for-the-south-pole---elizabeth/.

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TED-Ed. "The Dangerous Race for the South Pole - Elizabeth Leane." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 29 Mar 2021. Web. 26 Jul 2024.

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