The explorer's story

The Story of the Explorer

(1) The Story of Wegener

Wegener was born in Berlin, Germany on November 1, 1880. He has been fond of exploring the world since he was a child. Fantasy and adventure, he loved reading explorer stories as a child, and the famous British explorer John Franklin became his idol. To prepare for future adventures. He studied meteorology. In 1905, at the age of 25, Wegener received a doctorate in meteorology. In 1906, he finally realized his lofty ideals as a boy and joined the famous Danish expedition to Greenland to engage in meteorological and glacial surveys. In order to find more evidence, in April 1930, Wegener led an expedition team to Greenland for the fourth time in the face of an Arctic blizzard. In the severe cold of minus 65 degrees Celsius, most of the people lost their lives. With courage, only he and two other followers continued to move forward, and finally reached the central Aishmet base in victory. On November 1, he ventured back to his West Coast base after celebrating his 50th birthday. In the vast white ice and snow, he lost his trace. His body was not discovered until April of the following year. He was as frozen as a stone and one with the glacier.

(2) The Story of Marco Polo

Marco Polo was born into a traveling family. His father Niccolò and uncle Matteo were Venetian merchants. They came to China for business in the 1360s. In 1271, the two visited again, taking young Marco with them. They arrived in China and went to the palace to meet the Mongolian ruler Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty. They stayed in China for 24 years and made a fortune in business. Marco Polo won the trust of Kublai Khan and was sent on many trips to various parts of China, as well as to India, Burma, Ceylon (today's Sri Lanka), and Southeast Asia.

Attachment: The Story of Marco Polo

The Adventures of Marco Polo (Episode 1): The Magic Coin is Stolen

The story takes place in More than 700 years ago, the Italian navigator Marco Polo was about to leave office and return to China. Kublai Khan, the king of the ancient Chinese city of Xiangdu, summoned Prime Minister Fulin and ordered him to go to the treasure house to get a magic gold coin to give to Marco. Unexpectedly, early The rebellious Fulin stole the gold coin and fled. Kublai Khan then broke the other gold coin on his chest into two and handed half of it to Marco

The Adventures of Marco Polo (Episode 2): Family Secrets

One night several years later, Grandpa discovered a dazzling new star appeared in the east, so he decided to tell young Marco the family secrets, gave him half a gold coin in his collection, and told him to prepare for a voyage to China. All, explore the mystery of the half magic gold coin.

The Adventures of Marco Polo (Episode 3): The traitor forced a marriage

Fulin usurped the throne of Xiangdu and was extremely happy. He used excessive force and forced Princess Lotus to marry him so that he could become the legal king. However, the princess remained steadfast and unyielding. She looked up at the stars, hoping for the arrival of her savior.

The Adventures of Marco Polo (Episode 4): Storm at Sea

Fu Lin was so angry that he locked Princess Lotus in the tower. With the help of the power of Vulcan, he set off strong winds and huge waves on the sea, sinking Marco's sailboat to the bottom of the sea. Seagull Ruijie angrily yelled: "What are your abilities when you bully the small?"

The Adventures of Marco Polo (Episode 5): Trapped in a Pirate

Grandpa's Instructions Awakening Marco, he fought tenaciously against the waves and was rescued by a large ship. Unexpectedly, this is a warship occupied by pirates. Marco is reduced to a coolie on the ship, but what the pirate captain covets is the half gold coin hanging around Marco's neck.

(3) The Story of Magellan

Death deprived Magellan of the honor of becoming the world's first explorer to complete a circumnavigation of the world. In 1519, on the order of the King of Spain, he led an expedition to find the westward route to the Spice Islands in the East Indies. The journey westward across the Atlantic to Brazil was uneventful, but then the situation began to deteriorate. One of the ships in the fleet was wrecked in a storm. Several captains then conspired against him. One ship turned around and returned. Magellan executed one of the rebels, abandoned the two on a deserted beach, and set sail again. When the fleet reached the Mariana Islands, local residents attacked them. Magellan was killed in a battle with tribes on Mactan Island in the Philippines.

(4) The Story of Columbus

Christopher Columbus was born in the port of Genoa, Italy in 1451, and went to live on the sea when he was 14 years old. Through study and study of maps and books, he was convinced that Asia could be reached by sailing westward across the Atlantic.

(5) Amundsen’s Story

Amundsen achieved two “firsts” in the history of exploration: the first to sail the Northwest Passage; the first to reach the Antarctic .

In June 1903, Amundsen's expedition began a voyage to find the Northwest Passage. The entire team camped on King William Island deep in the Arctic Circle, spent two winters, and spent another winter on Mackenzie Island. They completed their voyage to the Pacific in September 1906.

In November 1910, Amundsen left Norway on the ship "Fram" of another explorer Fridtjof Nansen and headed for the Antarctic. On October 20, 1911, he set out from the base at the east end of the Ross Ice Shelf ahead of his British rival Captain Scott, and arrived in Antarctica on December 14, 1911.