Compare Adventurers Part 2

Study the information in the chart about world adventures. Then, use information from the chart to answer the questions on the next page.

World Adventures What, Where, Who? How Far? How Long? When? and How? Bertrand Piccard First people to fly nonstop around about 20 days 1999 and Brian Jones the world in a hot-air balloon, the 29,000 Breitling Orbiter 3 miles Charles First person to fly nonstop across about 33 ½ hours 1927 Lindbergh the Atlantic Ocean in a plane, the 3,600 miles Spirit of St. Louis Michael Fay Walked across parts of Africa that about 455 days 1999–2000 people hadn’t lived in for over 1,000 miles 100 years Jim Shekhdar First person to cross the Pacific about 9 months 2001 Ocean without help, in a rowboat 10,000 named Le Shark miles Jesse Martin At 18, the youngest person to sail about 11 months 1998–1999 nonstop around the world without 31,000 help, on a yacht named Lionheart miles Permission is granted for limited reproduction of pages for in-home or classroom use and not for resale. for use and not in-home or classroom pages for of limited reproduction for is granted Permission

2. Why are Bertrand Piccard and Brian James famous?

3. Who was the youngest person to sail nonstop around the world?

4. Who traveled the farthest on their adventure?

5. How many people used a plane on their adventure?

6. Whose adventure was the shortest? How long did it take?

7. What do Jim Shekhdar and Jesse Martin have in common?

8. What did Michael Fay do on his adventure?

9. Pick 1 of the explorers from the chart to research. Write what you learned below.

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