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Modules
CLIL: History 1 2

A. Who was the first man to get to the South Pole? Listen, read and check your answers. 

B. Now look at the highlighted words in the text and find their definitions in a dictionary.

The race to the Back in the 1910s two men
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to the South Pole. It wasn’t
an easy race!

ROBERT FALCON SCOTT ROALD AMUNDSEN was born in
was a British naval o icer 1872 in Norway. His father was a
and an explorer. He was shipowner and he taught him to
born in 1868 and he went love the sea and exploring.
on two trips to Antarctica.

4 Jan 1911
Scott and his team
arrived on the vessel
Terra Nova and set
29 Mar 1912
up camp. Scott was © MM Publications
determined to get to the Scott and his team 19 Oct 1911
South Pole and he wasn’t had to return, Amundsen and his team arrived on the ship
afraid of polar conditions. but they didn’t Fram and began their expedition. In his
make it. They team there were ive men on four sledges,
experienced which were pulled by dogs. Amundsen
extreme cold and did not follow the same route as other
blizzards, and explorers did. He took a risk and tried to
1 Nov 1911 all of them died reach the South Pole by another route.
Scott’s team began their 17 km away
expedition to the South from one of
Pole. Sixteen men with their camps. C. Read again and answer the
ponies, dogs and motor questions.
sledges were ready to get
to the South Pole irst. 1. How many men did Scott have on
his team?
2. What was the name of Amundsen’s
ship?
17 Jan 1912 3. How did Amundsen travel across
Scott arrived at the
South Pole. He found the ice?
a Norwegian lag and 4. What did Scott ind at the South
understood he was Pole?
second to get there. 5. What happened to Scott and his
14 Dec 1911 team on the way back?
Amundsen became the irst
man to get to the South Pole.
He and his team gathered a D. Discuss the following.
lot of useful information about
the features of the South Pole. Why do you think Scott didn’t manage to
get to the South Pole irst?

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