Venture 2 Great Lives Video worksheet Robert Falcon Scott Getting started 3 Complete the sentences with the names below. What do you know about the North and the Antarctic Scotland Royal Navy South Poles? Answer the questions: Shackleton South Africa Amundsen • Which pole is in the Arctic and which is in the 1 Scott was an officer in the . Antarctic? 2 The Discovery was built in . • What are the poles like? 3 Ernest was another famous explorer on • Have explorers been to both poles? When? Scott’s first expedition. Competences 4 The Discovery sailed south via . Check 5 Roald was the first person to reach the South Pole. 1 VIDEO Watch the video and choose the correct 6 Scott is known in the UK as ‘Scott of ’. answer. 1 The Discovery expedition went to the Antarctic Language check in 1901 to… A help another ship. 4 Use the prompts to write third conditional sentences. B fight a war. 1 If Scott (not hear) about the expedition, he (not C study nature. go) to the Antarctic. D find the South Pole. 2 Scott (could go) to the South Pole sooner if the 2 The scientists on the Discovery expedition… weather (be) better. A never reached the Antarctic. 3 If the Discovery (not be) so strong, the ice (might B didn’t survive the terrible weather. destroy) it. C couldn’t do their experiments. 4 Scott, Wilson and Shackleton (might reach) the South Pole if the conditions (not be) so bad. D had to wait to start their experiments. 5 If they (not have) dynamite, they (not free) the 3 Scott returned to the Antarctic in 1910 and… Discovery. A died after reaching the South Pole. 6 Scott (not died) if he (not return) to the Antarctic B died without reaching the South Pole. a second time. C came back to London a hero. st D beat the Norwegian team to the South Pole. Discussion 21 -century skills 5 In pairs. Discuss these questions. 2 VIDEO Watch again. There are 6 errors in this paragraph. Find them and correct them. • Why do humans want to explore dangerous parts of the world? Robert Falcon Scott was an American explorer. He led three famous expeditions to the Antarctic. He • Are explorers who risk their lives, like Scott did, wanted to be the first person to reach the South brave or silly? Pole. He was captain of the first official British • Does today’s technology make exploration too expedition to the Antarctic. His ship, the Dundee, easy? left the UK in 1901. It didn’t return until 1904. The ice • Is there anywhere that is still unexplored? froze around the ship and the men couldn’t get off for months. Scott returned to the Antarctic in 1914, st but a team of German explorers got to the South Webquest 21 -century skills Pole before him. Scott and his men returned home 6 Choose one of the tasks. Research your task on safely. the Internet and produce a three-to-five-minute presentation or film. 1 Find information about an Italian explorer. When did they live? Where did they travel to, and why? What did they discover or achieve? 2 Find more information about Ernest Shackleton. Where was he from? What was his early life like? What other expeditions did he go on? How and where did he die? 5 Venture 2 Great Lives Video Robert Falcon Scott © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS • PHOTOCOPIABLE Venture video worksheets.indd 5 03/08/2015 11:44.