1. What were the underlying causes of the Endurance crisis? Two major underlying causes of the Endurance Crisis are: A. Bad evaluation of circumstances and stubbornness instead of perseverance. Shackleton was ready to depart to Antarctica however; just when he was at South Georgia‚ local seamen warned him that he might get trapped and advised him to wait until next year. At this point he had the opportunity to make a decision and wait‚ but due to the compromises reached with his sponsors
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Name_____________________________________ Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Study Guide Letter 1 1. Who is Robert Walton and who is he writing to? Robert Walton is the narrator‚ and he is writing to his sister‚ Margaret. 2. What reasons does Walton offer for making his voyage? Robert Walton wants an adventure; he is lonely and also wants a friend. Letter 2 3. At the beginning of letter 2‚ what does Walton say he is in need of? “…I greatly need a friend…” Letter 3 4. What attitude does Walton reveal to his sister
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Leadership in Crisis: Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance This case study analyzes how a prominent English polar explorer and his team of 27 men survived an expedition to Antarctica that went dramatically and dangerously awry. By examining Shackleton’s plans to complete the first transcontinental trek across Antarctica and‚ more specifically‚ his reaction to a series of unexpected and life threatening events during the 1914-1916 voyage‚ the case offers MBA students an opportunity to
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What is the slave trade triangle? Slave Triangle- the three stages of the voyage that were made by slave trading ships: from Europe to Africa‚ from Africa to America and from America back to Europe between the 17th and 19th centuries. (It formed a triangular trade pattern‚ hence the name ’The Slave Triangle). Stage 1: In Africa‚ European slave traders bought enslaved Africans in exchange for goods shipped from Europe. Stage 2: Also called the ’Middle Passage’. This was the part of the triangle
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Final Paper Submission Why did the Ming dynasty decide on ceasing Zheng He ’s maritime voyages? The cessation of Zheng He’s maritime voyages by the Ming dynasty is multi-faceted. Each facet can be broadly classified as the political factors‚ economic factors and defence factors. Nevertheless‚ each reason is interdependent on one another which led the Ming dynasty to eventually terminate Zheng He’s voyages. On the other hand‚ hypothetically it may be asserted that China could have been a dominant
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Richard Feynman’s famous lecture “ There are plenty of rooms in the bottom” in 1959. This area surely brings many challenges‚ but at the same time opens limitless potential and opportunities in every aspects of human life. The video “Nanospace: A voyage into ultra-microscopic worlds – Part 1: The atom revealed” is a fascinating story telling a brief history of nanoscience and scientists’ endless efforts to travel to the nanoworld. This inspiring video gives me a clearer imagination about the nanoworld
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the same desires as many explorers both before and after him. He yearned for gold. He wanted land. He wanted power. The whole purpose for his first voyage to what he thought was India‚ but turned out to be Central America‚ was to gain land for Spain. It took quite a bit of sweet-talking from Columbus to get the money and ships needed for this voyage
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Voyage to the Right Lung Jenna Bullard HS130-06 Unit 4 Assignment Kaplan University 06/10/2013 Everyone board the mini-sub! Lora has a bacterium that is invading the lower lobe of her right lung. We must go now! We must destroy this bacterium before it makes her sick! We cannot let that happen her Lora. As of right now‚ we are entering the right femoral vein‚ close to the groin. The right femoral vein is parallel with the femoral artery through the upper thigh and pelvic region. It is
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lateral rotation as well). The major superficial vein of the thigh is the greater saphenous vein. When speaking of vein origin‚ you start distally‚ and move proximally toward the trunk. So the greater saphenous vein originates from the anterior aspect of the medial malleolus‚ medially past the knee (one patients hand width medial) and into the fascia lata through the saphenous opening‚ (Opening will be found the most inferior angle of the femoral triangle. Insertions for the inguinal ligament
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adventure through the femoral vein up through the body‚ through all the detours and then our final destination will be out the nose. We will also discuss what we pass through the whole trip. Ready or not were heading off to exam the inside of the human body. As we enter the body through the femoral vein‚ you will notice that there is another object that looks like the femoral vein but it is called the femoral artery. The femoral artery runs parallel with the femoral vein through the upper thigh
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