Danny+Landmark+Research

Due Date: Monday, February 14, 2011

Landmark name: K2

Directions:
 * Ask your parent(s) to help you use the internet for research.
 * Try one of the following websites and type in your Landmark name in the search box.
 * [|World Reviewer]
 * [|Nations Online]
 * [|Blackstump]
 * [|Great Buildlings]
 * [|CIA World Factbook]
 * [|Google Siteseeing]
 * [|Or, Google keywords "famous landmarks + asia"]
 * Cut and paste your information in the table below. We will quote and paraphrase it later.
 * Use at least 2 different Website Sources. If you use more than 4, email me and I'll make you a Website Source #5 box...
 * If you have a question, write your question in the answer box and highlight it in red . I will be checking this website and I will answer you in blue. You can also email me at rachel.retzler@yisseoul.org

** Bibliography List **
 * Website Source Example || Cut and paste information here ||
 * Website author’s LAST name || Matthews ||
 * __ Title of webpage __ || __Roman Colosseum___ ||
 * Date of posting/revision: || 2011 ||
 * Name of corporation/organization: || Artifice, Inc. ||
 * Date of access (today): || February 10, 2011 ||
 * Complete web address (URL): || [] ||


 * Website Source #1 || Cut and paste information here ||
 * Website author’s LAST name || Condella ||
 * Title of webpage || K2 ||
 * Date of posting/revision: || I can't find it n.d. ﻿  ||
 * Name of corporation/organization: || World Reviewer ||
 * Date of access (today): || 10/2/2011 (day/month/year) February 10, 2011 ||
 * Complete web address (URL): || http://www.worldreviewer.com/travel-guides/mountains/k2/59749/ ||


 * Website Source #2 || Cut and paste information here ||
 * Website author’s LAST name || I can't find it leave blank ||
 * Title of webpage || =K2 = ||
 * Date of posting/revision: || 9 February 2011 ||
 * Name of corporation/organization: || Wikepedia ||
 * Date of access (today): || 11/2/2011 February 11, 2011 ||
 * Complete web address (URL): || http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2 ||


 * Website Source #3 || Cut and paste information here ||
 * Website author’s LAST name || I can't find it leave blank ||
 * Title of webpage || **K2 or Mountain Austin Godwin** ||
 * Date of posting/revision: || I can't find it n.d. ||
 * Name of corporation/organization: || Himalaya the legendary majestic beauty ||
 * Date of access (today): || 11/2/2011 February 11, 2011 ||
 * Complete web address (URL): || [] ||


 * Website Source #4 || Cut and paste information here ||
 * Website author’s LAST name ||  ||
 * Title of webpage ||  ||
 * Date of posting/revision: ||  ||
 * Name of corporation/organization: ||  ||
 * Date of access (today): ||  ||
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Bibliography list) || Citation (Matthews, 2010, Roman Colosseum) || (This is only for man made landmarks) || None ||   ||   || (only if man made) || None ||   ||   || The mountain is reached from the end of the Baltoro Glacier, and despite numerous attempts and lives lost, it wasn't conquered until 1954. Although is technically higher, K2 is more difficult to summit, partly because of the notoriously poor weather, and partly because it's pack is so much higher than the surrounding topography. Only about ten percent of the climbers who attempt the mountain make it to the top – which is only about 300 people so far. || #1 || (Condella,n.d,K2) || (“K2 or Mountain Austin Godwin,” n.d.)
 * Questions || ** Answer ** || Website #(From
 * 1. What country is your landmark in? || Pakistan || #1 || (Condella,n.d,K2) ||
 * 2. When was your landmark built?
 * 2. When was your landmark built?
 * 3. Who built it?
 * 4. Describe what your landmark looks like. || Always number two, K2 is the world's second highest mountain with a peak reaching 8,611metres. The name, or lack of name is like a mark of disrespect – it comes from a Trigonometric Survey made in 1856. Then it was common to use the local names for mountains, and while K1 became Masherbrum, K2's local name Chogori, meaning 'The King of Mountains' was less known and contested, so it's stuck with its abbreviation, which some climbers find appropriate. K2's bare rock and ice makes it one of the planet's most lethal peaks and one out of every four climbers who attempt it die there, so the harsh impersonal name seems to stick.
 * 5. What is its size? || Always number two, K2 is the world's second highest mountain with a peak reaching 8,611metres. || #1 || (Condella,n.d,K2) ||
 * 6. What is your landmark's history? Why was it built? || The name, or lack of name is like a mark of disrespect – it comes from a Trigonometric Survey made in 1856. Then it was common to use the local names for mountains, and while K1 became Masherbrum, K2's local name Chogori, meaning 'The King of Mountains' was less known and contested, so it's stuck with its abbreviation, which some climbers find appropriate. || #1 || (Condella,n.d,K2) ||
 * 7. Why is it special, interesting, or famous? Are there any "juicy" details? || K2's bare rock and ice makes it one of the planet's most lethal peaks and one out of every four climbers who attempt it die there, so the harsh impersonal name seems to stick. The mountain is reached from the end of the Baltoro Glacier, and despite numerous attempts and lives lost, it wasn't conquered until 1954. Although is technically higher, K2 is more difficult to summit, partly because of the notoriously poor weather, and partly because it's pack is so much higher than the surrounding topography. Only about ten percent of the climbers who attempt the mountain make it to the top – which is only about 300 people so far. || #1 || (Condella,n.d,K2) ||
 * 8. What do people do there? || * It was probably for the first time in 1902 that an organized expedition of Oscar J.L. Eckenstein traveled to K-2 from Baltoro glacier. The expedition was without any guide. Its aim was to explore approaches to the mountain and possibly have a try on the peak. It was, however, harsh weather which prevented it from attempting the peak.
 * In 1909, a big Italian expedition under the leadership of resolute Luigi Amadeo Giuseppe (Duke of Abruzzi) the grandson of King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, reconnoitred K2.
 * Two famous British mountaineers, Harold William Tilman and Eric Earle Shipton, explored and surveyed the north face of K2 and its subsidiary glaciers in 1937.
 * In 1938, the American Alpine Club sponsored a reconnaissance party for a visit to K2 area. The party reached a height of 7925 meters after setting up eight camps.
 * The next year saw another American expedition on K2. It was led by Fritz Hermann Ernst Wiessner, a German-American chemist and mountaineer. The expedition, along with nine Sherpas, made very good progress on the already-identified south-east ridge.
 * Another American attempt on K2 was made in 1953. The expedition leader was Dr. Charles Houston, who had also led the 1938 American expedition on this peak.
 * In 1954, an Italian expedition came to Pakistan to try its luck on K2. It consisted of twelve climbers and four scientists and was led by veteran mountaineer, Professor Ardito Desio, who had come to these mountains with Italian expeditions before the World War II. || #3 || (n.n., n.d.,K2 or mountain Austin Godwin) ||