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    friend the bear on an expedition: 2 «We’re going to discover the North Pole.» «Oh!» said Pooh again. «What is the North Pole?» he asked. «It’s just something you discover‚» said Christopher Robin carelessly‚ not being quite sure himself. Now‚ as it turned out‚ they did not know exactly what they were looking for or where to find it. Nevertheless‚ they went merrily along into the unknown‚ in search of the mysterious pole. Maps and the history of European Arctic expansion Although slightly

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    attempt. As they call my name‚ I grab my pole and walk to the runway. To know I’m grabbing the right pole‚ I check the number at the top. It’s as close to my weight as possible‚ without going under. I stand facing the bar with enough space to take the proper amount of steps necessary to collect enough energy to make it over the bar. At my right side‚ I grasp the pole high enough to just make it over the bar. Raising my right arm straight up with the pole in hand‚ I extend my left arm straight out

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    Pole Vault Research Paper

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    It all started in high school. My older sister nagged me into being more active. One day she told me to join track. My first year of high school I brushed it off‚ but I then saw it‚ pole vault. Pole vault is an amazing aspect of the sport track and field which requires a lot of strength‚ speed‚ and determination. Being an athlete means helping others. It can be as easy as encouraging a fellow teammate to fix their posture and composure while running‚ or it can be encouraging them not to quit and

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    The Haida Indians are very unique people‚ creating their art with an abstract twang added to it. The statue I picked for my project‚ a totem pole‚ is an example of one of their pieces of art. The Haidas are famous for their distinctive totem poles. Each of their totem poles has animals represented on them‚ standing for their mythology. They made these totem poles to represent their ancestors and what animals their character showed. Before diving into their mythology‚ let me explain the Haida people’s

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    Opening: I want to invent an arm band called the RexPole that can help video tape pole vaulters when they run down the runway. What the arm band does is synchronizes with a camera on the tripod and the tripod would follow my run all the way into the air until I hit the squishy pit. Context: All throughout my senior year of high school I jumped lower than what I was expected except for two meets. I remember it was the track meet before the district meet. The meet before district was at our home

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    2/17/2015 Have technological advances in sports such as tennis‚ golf‚ and track and field supplanted the athletic achievements of the participants in those sports Science Clarified   Search Powered by JRank Science Clarified » Vol. 1 » Have technological advances in sports such as tennis‚ golf‚ and track and field supplanted the athletic achievements of the participants in those sports Have technological advances in sports such as tennis‚ golf‚ and track and field supplanted the athletic achievements of the participants in those sports

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    excuse to the others was that Hanssen was suffering severely from frostbite... the men were not totally convinced. At noon‚ Amundsen announced his change in plans. Amundsen would lead one party to the Pole while Prestrud--with Johansen--would lead another to explore King Edward VII Land. If the Pole party were not successful‚ at least there might still be a "first" gained for Norway. Amundsen then spoke to each man individually (ignoring Johansen)‚ asking for his pledge of loyalty...all gave it

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    span the globe. The grid has been used for over 2‚000 years as a reference for finding the location of a fixed position on Earth. There are certain components that make up the grid. Meridians run vertically and come together at the north and south poles. The center meridian‚ the Prime Meridian‚ divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres. Parallels run horizontally. The center parallel‚ the Equator‚ divides the Earth into the north and south hemispheres. Meridians and parallels are called

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    Totem Pole Research Paper

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    Totem poles are symbolic sculptures that originated in some of the native tribes of North America. They can represent stories‚ someone’s life‚ they can even be a family tree! Most of them have things such as animals on them. My totem pole is a timeline of my past‚ present‚ and future that is represented by animals. I feel that the turtle and the panther best represent who I was in the past. The turtle represents shyness. I actually used to be a really crazy and outgoing kid‚ but when I got into

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    imperial opportunity? By what criteria should the expedition be evaluated? Given your answer to the preceding question‚ was it a success or a failure? I believe that this expedition should be analyzed as an entrepreneurial venture because the South Pole had already been found so there were no more continents for Shackleton to conquer. He would not be a hero in this venture because Robert Falcon Scott had already been there and died a hero. Shackleton had to find his own resources for this adventure

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