▶ Your Answer :
Whether the Robert E. Peary, who is a
famous adventurer and arctic explorer, really reached the North Pole is
debatable between the reading passage and the lecturer. The reading passage explains
that Peary's adventure was real by suggesting a committee's recognition, a
recent expedition in similar condition, and some photographs taken by Peary.
However, the lecturer says these things are doubtful.
First, the lecturer explains that the
declaration about Phery's expedition made from the committee of National
Geographic Society is prejudiced and untrustworthy. The investigation conducted
by the committee was taken only for two days. This short period of
investigation cannot examine the matter of truth carefully. This counters the
reading passage's idea that the recognition from the committee proves the truth
of Peary's arrival of the North Pole.
Second, the lecturer claims that the
Avery's case of expedition cannot be support the case of Phery. At the day of
exploring, Avery met such a great weather to reach the North Pole. Furthermore,
Avery team carried their food through the airplane in contrast to the Phery's
case. This rebuffs the reading passage's assertion that Avery's succeed of
exploring the North Pole supports the case of Phery because Avery used same
number of dogs to slide and reached the North Pole in 37 days, which can
justify the Phery's expedition: dogsled and reached in 37 days.
Finally, the lecturer insists that the
photo taken by Peary is unreliable because the photograph cannot be proved its authentication.
The photo should have been unfocused due to the lack of technology at that
time, but the Phery's photos clearly show the suns position at the time of the
picture taken. This refutes the reading passage's idea: the photograph's exact
describing the sun's position supports the Phery's achievement of getting the
North Pole. |