Choose one sentence that states the author’s point of view about the South Pole. Then choose two pieces of text evidence that support the author’s point of view. Author's Point of View

The South Pole was a dangerous place to explore.

The South Pole was an unnecessary place to explore.

Amundsen could have reached the South Pole faster if he did things differently.

Amundsen did not realize the risk he took in attempting to explore the South Pole.

Text Evidence

“Amundsen did not even tell the men on his own ship where they were going until the night before they left.”

“The South Pole is a much more extreme environment than the North Pole.”

“The average year-round temperature there is minus fifty-six degrees, . . .”

“The team members planted the Norwegian flag in the frozen ground to claim their victory over Scott.”

Read the excerpt from "home front diary." jimmy simmons stopped by today to tell me that he had enlisted in the army. he asked me if i would write to him, and i said i would. i told him that i've been writing to my uncle arthur and susan's cousin john for about a year, and as an experienced correspondent i had some advice about all the censorship. "don't write down any information about your location or the number of soldiers in your unit because the censors will cut all of that away," i said. "in my experience, loose lips not only sink ships, they make letters look like snowflake decorations! ” well, he belly laughed over that one. how is the author's perspective different from jimmy's? the author has been to war and she can give jimmy advice. jimmy has become a soldier and does not believe the author’s advice. the author has experience writing to soldiers but jimmy does not. jimmy has more experience at letter writing than the author.