VisionsOnIce.doc

Text 2 Visions On Ice Information related to the text1)About the text: Wally Herbert is a polar explorer of International distinction - the greatest polar explorer of our time, according to Sir Ranulph Fiennes; a phenomenon according to the late Lord Shackleton, and a man whose determination and courage, according to His Royal Highness, Prince Charles, are of such heroic proportions that his country should mark his achievements eventually by having him stuffed and put on display! Meanwhile, in recognition of his polar achievements, he has received a string of those more conventional honors and awards: among them the Polar Medal and bar; the gold medals of several Geographical Societies, and the highest honor of the Explorers Club (the so-called Explorers Medal). He has a mountain range and a plateau named after him in the Antarctic; the most northerly mountain in the Svalbard Group named after him in the Arctic and, besides being an explorer with biographical entries in Whos Who in the World, the encyclopedias and the Guinness Book of Records, he is also a prize winning author with nine books so far to his credit, and an artist whose paintings are now owned by Royals and investors all over the World. In 1999, Wally Herbert was knighted in recognition of his achievements. 2)Language notes:  HYPERLINK /data/ce/er/3/KECHENX/BOOK3/UNIT5/5text2.htm \l 1 1. Shackleton called it a phenomenon and HRH Prince Philip, the expeditions patron, hailed it as an achievement which ranks among the greatest triumphs of human skill and endurance.In the sentence the word phenomenon means a wonder. e.g. The huge success of her books makes her a remarkable phenomenon of the mid-1970s.  HYPERLINK /data/ce/er/3/KECHENX/BOOK3/UNIT5/5text2.htm \l 2 2. Today, among his contemporaries in polar exploration Herbert is a guru and Sir Ranulph Fiennes says: 怕.  HYPERLINK /data/ce/er/3/KECHENX/BOOK3/UNIT5/5text2.htm \l 3 3. His navigation, field craft and logistics are superb and