Question

The narrator indicates that many previous explorers seeking the North Pole have _________.

• A. perished in the attempt
• B. made surprising discoveries
• C. failed to determine its exact location
• D. had different motivations than his own

Answer 1

The correct option is A perished in the attempt

The last sentence of the first paragraph says that the North pole is a place littered with bones of explorers. In the seventh sentence from the last para, the speaker says that he is going to the North pole to join the ghosts of Bering, Franklin, De Long and his men. This means that many previous explorers to the north pole lost their lives. Hence, A is the correct answer.

The other options are incorrect and the passage doesn't support any of those statements.