Into the ice study guide

to overcome

• conquer

• navigator

• expedition

• isolation

a journey for some special purpose

• conquer

• navigator

• expedition

• isolation

the state of being separated from others

• conquer

• navigator

• expedition

• isolation

a person in charge of finding the position and direction of a ship

• conquer

• navigator

• expedition

• isolation

to keep something from losing heat , electricity, or sound by lining or surrounding it with a material that doesn't conduct the kind of energy involved

• destiny

• insulated

• provisions

• navigator

a supply of food and drink

• destiny

• insulated

• provisions

• navigator

what becomes of someone or something

• destiny

• insulated

• provisions

• navigator

What did Nansen's trek on skis across Greenland and his crossing from Siberia to Greenland have in common?

• He wasn't able to return to the exact point in which he started

• He was able to return to the exact point in which he started

• He got rich from both

Based on this selection what desire did Nansen NOT have?

• to be rich

• To be famous

• to be strong

Around the end of the 19th century , why was reaching the north pole so important?

• to be famous

• to prove ownership

• to show that most of the world had now been explored