Emperors on Ice

 2. What did the scientists want to establish after studying the eggs?

The scientists wanted to establish that the analysis of the emperor penguin’s embryos would reveal links between all birds and their reptile predecessors. It was incorrectly thought that the emperor penguin was one of the most primitive birds of our planet earth.

3. What additional benefits did they expect to achieve through this journey?

Henry Bowers, Edward Wilson, and Apsley Cherry-Gerrard took the journey to Cape Crozier. They wanted to bring some penguin’s embryos for some scientific experiments. Additionally, they would gain some knowledge to continue further pole journeys. They could try out various combinations of sledging rations under extreme filed conditions. They could collect data from the Great Barrier in winter to use in the predictions of weather.

4. What motivated Wilson to undertake this difficult journey?

The chance of continuing the study of the breeding biology of birds is the motivation for Wilson to undertake this difficult journey.

5. What was the curator’s first reaction when he saw the eggs?

The curator of the American Museum of Natural History insulted Cherry-Gerrard who presented the eggs by asking him who he was and informing him that the museum was not an egg shop.