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FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT EXPLORERS AND EXPLORATION

Added on: 1st Jul 2016

 

IBN FADLAN, AN ARAB EXPLORER, ONCE WITNESSED

A NORSE FUNERAL RITE WHERE A VIKING SLAVE

GIRL HAD SEX WITH ALL THE WARRIORS OF THE

TRIBE. SHE WAS THEN SACRIFICED TO SERVE

THEIR FALLEN CHIEF IN THE NEXT LIFE

Ibn Fadlan, an Arab explorer, once witnessed a Norse funeral rite where a Viking slave girl had sex with all the warriors of the tribe. She was then sacrificed to serve their fallen chief in the next life.

 

 

DURING AN EXPEDITION THROUGH YELLOWSTONE,

TRUMAN EVERTS WAS SEPARATED FROM HIS GROUP.

HE ENDED UP LOSING HIS HORSE, HIS SUPPLIES,

FALLING INTO A GEYSER, AND GETTING FROSTBITE

BEFORE BEING FOUND SEVERAL MONTHS LATER

BARELY ALIVE

During an expedition through Yellowstone, Truman Everts was separated from his group. He ended up losing his horse, his supplies, falling into a geyser, and getting frostbite before being found several months later barely alive

 

 

ABEL TASMAN, A DUTCH EXPLORER, DISCOVERED

NEW ZEALAND AND TASMANIA ON HIS FIRST

VOYAGE BUT COMPLETELY MISSED AUSTRALIA.

IT WASN'T UNTIL HIS SECOND VOYAGE THAT HE

REALIZED WHAT HE HAD OVERLOOKED

Abel Tasman, a Dutch explorer, discovered New Zealand and Tasmania on his first voyage but completely missed Australia. It wasn't until his second voyage that he realized what he had overlooked.

 

 

DURING AN ARCTIC EXPEDITION IN THE 50’S, PETER

FREUCHEN FASHIONED A CHISEL OUT OF HIS FAECES

IN ORDER TO FREE HIMSELF AFTER BEING TRAPPED

IN AN AVALANCHE. HE ALSO AMPUTATED HIS OWN

FROZEN TOES

During an Arctic expedition in the 50s, Peter Freuchen fashioned a chisel out of his feces in order to free himself after an avalanche. He also amputated his own frozen toes.

 

 

WHEN SIR WALTER RALEIGH, AN ENGLISH EXPLORER,

CAPTURED THE PORTUGUESE SHIP MADRE DE DEUS,

IT WAS ESTIMATED TO CARRY CARGO WORTH HALF OF

ENGLAND'S NATIONAL TREASURY

When Sir Walter Raleigh, an English explorer, captured the Portuguese ship Madre de Deus, it was estimated to carry cargo worth half of England's national treasury.

 

 

DAVID DOUGLAS, A SCOTTISH EXPLORER, DIED IN

HAWAII AFTER FALLING INTO A PIT AND BEING

CRUSHED BY A BULL THAT HAD FALLEN INTO

THE SAME PIT

David Douglas, a Scottish explorer, died in Hawaii after falling into a pit and being crushed by a bull that had fallen into the same pit

 

 

THE GREEK EXPLORER PYTHEAS WAS THE FIRST

PERSON TO DISCOVER THE POLAR ICE CAPS AND THE

MIDNIGHT SUN. HE ALSO WAS ALSO THE FIRST TO

SUGGEST THAT THE TIDES WERE CAUSED BY THE MOON

The Greek explorer Pytheas was the first person to discover the polar ice caps and the midnight sun. He also was the first to suggest that the tides were caused by the moon.

 

 

IN 1962, MICHAEL SIFFRE, A FRENCH EXPLORER, SPENT

2 MONTHS BURIED BENEATH A GLACIER IN TOTAL

DARKNESS TO SHOW THAT HUMANS HAVE AN INTERNAL

BIOLOGICAL CLOCK

In 1962, Michael Siffre, a French explorer, spent 2 months buried beneath a glacier in total darkness to show that humans have an internal biological clock

 


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