Trabajo n°1

Instituto de ingles
Profesora: MALDONADO, María Inés.
Área: Ingles particular.
Curso: PET
Alumno:

 DIAZ MOREL, Angelina.

Target pet: From Pole to Pole - Manpowered

Día: 10/5/2020.
Questions:

1. When did Rob Gauntlett and James Hooper decide to start their
adventure?
2. How old were they?
3. Why did they become so famous?
4. Where did they start their journey?
5. How did they move?
6. Why did they change the skis for dog sleds?
7. What happened when they were racing on the ice?
8. How long did Ron lie face down in the freezing water?
9. When was he taken to hospital?
10. Did they give up?
11.What did they do next?
12.How did they move from New York to Central and South America?
13.How many kilometers did they ride per day?

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 14.Were the people friendly and kind to them?
15.How did they go across the Southern Ocean?
16.What happened before they reached the South Pole?
17.How fast did the wind blow?
18.How high were the waves?
19.Did they leave the boat?
20.When did they sail into Sydney Harbour?
21.What did they decide to do once in the UK?
22.Why did they use human energy/ manpower and not machines?

Answers:

1. Rob Gauntlett and James Hooper decide to start their adventure on

April 8th 2007.
2. 20 years old.
3. Because they are the first people to travel from the North Pole to the
South Pole, using only natural power.
4. They set off for the North Pole from Qaanaaq in Greenland.
5. On skis, but their progress was so slow. So they decided changed to dog
sleds.
6. Because their progress was so slow.
7. Rob dropped his glove into the snow, as he was running back to get it,
he fell straight through the ice into the freezing water, hitting his head
as he fell.
8. For three minutes.
9. Before four hours.
10. No.
11. They salled from Upernavik to New York.

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12. By bike.
13. They cycled 160 kilometers per day.
14. Yes.
15. The boys boarded the yacht for the voyage across the Southern Ocean.
16. A huge storm almost swept James into the sea.
17. The wind was blowing at about 100kph.
18. 25 metres.
19. No.
20. 396 days.
21. They are working on a book and a documentary about their
experiences. And they haven´t plans for another expedition, but in the
future, yes.
22. To motivate youth to reach their goals.

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