South Pole - Quiz
A) Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition B) Nimrod Expedition C) Discovery Expedition D) Terra Nova Expedition
A) Ernest Shackleton and Edward Wilson B) Edmund Hillary and Vivian Fuchs C) Roald Amundsen and Bernt Balchen D) George J. Dufek and Richard Evelyn Byrd
A) 90°00' S B) 82°16′ S C) 88°23' S D) 80°00' S
A) Richard Evelyn Byrd B) Ernest Shackleton C) Robert Falcon Scott D) Roald Amundsen
A) 50 mi (80 km) B) 112 mi (180 km) C) 200 mi (320 km) D) 15 mi (24 km)
A) Edmund Hillary and Vivian Fuchs B) Robert Falcon Scott and his companions C) Roald Amundsen and his party D) Ernest Shackleton and three companions
A) 14 December 1911 B) 17 January 1912 C) 31 December 1902 D) 9 January 1909
A) Patriot Hills B) Polheim C) Endurance D) Fram
A) King Haakon VII Vidde B) Amundsen-Scott Plateau C) King Olav V Plateau D) Hergules Inlet
A) Terra Nova Expedition B) Nimrod Expedition C) Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition D) Discovery Expedition
A) 4 January 1958 B) 17 January 1912 C) 14 December 1911 D) 29 November 1929
A) A freezing ship wreck B) Starvation and extreme cold C) Crevasse accidents D) Attacks by wildlife
A) Establishing the first year-round research station B) Finding a new coastal route to the pole C) Crossing Antarctica via the South Pole D) Flying over the South Pole in an airplane
A) It safely returned all men to Great Britain B) It successfully reached the South Pole overland C) It was crushed by icebergs before reaching the coast D) It was frozen in pack ice and sank 11 months later
A) Richard Evelyn Byrd B) George J. Dufek C) Roald Amundsen D) Ernest Shackleton
A) Christian Eide B) Bernt Balchen C) Alejo Contreras Steading D) Vincent Colliard
A) 29 November 1929 B) 14 December 1911 C) 17 January 1912 D) 31 October 1956
A) Vivian Fuchs B) George J. Dufek C) Richard Evelyn Byrd D) Edmund Hillary
A) Terra Nova Biplane B) Endurance Sea Plane C) Douglas R4D-5L Skytrain D) Nimrod Explorer
A) To mine minerals in the Antarctic plateau B) For the International Geophysical Year C) As a temporary camp for Admiral Byrd's flight D) To support Shackleton's trans-continental march
A) Victoria E. Murden and Shirley Metz B) Pam Young and Jean Pearson C) Edmund Hillary and Vivian Fuchs D) Arved Fuchs and Reinhold Messner
A) Victoria E. Murden, Shirley Metz, and Hannah McKeand B) Barbara Hillary, Lois Jones, and Jean Pearson C) Michele Eileen Raney, Mollie Hughes, and Karen Kyllesø D) Pam Young, Jean Pearson, Lois Jones, Eileen McSaveney, Kay Lindsay, and Terry Tickhill
A) Hannah McKeand B) Michele Eileen Raney C) Mollie Hughes D) Barbara Hillary
A) 1956 B) 1979 C) 1987 D) 1989
A) Edmund Hillary and Vivian Fuchs B) James Castrission and Justin Jones C) Arved Fuchs and Reinhold Messner D) Aleksander Gamme and Captain Lou Rudd
A) Motorized vehicles and aircraft support B) Skis and the help of wind C) Dogs and sledges D) Foot travel without wind assistance
A) Aleksander Gamme B) Christian Eide C) Todd Carmichael D) Vincent Colliard
A) 39 days and 7 hours B) 33 days and 23 hours C) 22 days, 6 hours and 8 minutes D) 56 days
A) Victoria E. Murden B) Shirley Metz C) Barbara Hillary D) Hannah McKeand
A) 26 B) 29 C) 79 D) 50
A) Vincent Colliard and Christian Eide B) Aleksander Gamme, James Castrission, and Justin Jones C) Edmund Hillary and Vivian Fuchs D) Arved Fuchs and Reinhold Messner
A) Christian Eide B) Ernest Shackleton C) Captain Lou Rudd D) Robert Falcon Scott
A) Karen Kyllesø B) Hannah McKeand C) Pierre Hedan D) Mollie Hughes
A) Aleksander Gamme B) Captain Lou Rudd C) Mollie Hughes D) Pierre Hedan
A) West B) South C) North D) East
A) Coordinated Universal Time B) No time zone C) Greenwich Mean Time D) Eastern Standard Time
A) West B) North C) East D) South
A) South B) North C) East D) West
A) 1956 B) 1965 C) 1911 D) 1912
A) Volcanic ash covers the base B) Heavy rainfall buries structures C) Tectonic sinking pulls them down D) The snow does not melt
A) Very small 'wobbles' B) Tidal friction C) Magnetic reversals D) Solar flares
A) 0° B) 360° C) 180° D) 90°
A) Using solar azimuth B) Relative to magnetic north C) Using true east and west D) Relative to grid north
A) Northward along the prime meridian B) Toward the nearest open sea C) Along the 180th meridian D) Toward the magnetic anomaly
A) Glacial melting B) Continental drift C) Sea level rise D) Asteroid impacts
A) 500 m B) 1,500 m C) 4,000 m D) 2,835 m
A) 5,000 m B) 2,700 m C) 4,500 m D) 1,000 m
A) The Ross Sea B) The Weddell Sea C) The Indian Ocean D) The Bay of Whales
A) New Year's Day B) Christmas Day C) The Summer Solstice D) The Winter Solstice
A) 9,301 FT. B) 10,000 FT. C) 8,500 FT. D) 9,000 FT.
A) Visiting tourists B) The United States Navy C) An international committee D) Staff at the site
A) Navigation tracking B) Weather monitoring C) Photo opportunities D) Scientific research
A) A glass globe B) A metallic sphere C) A wooden cross D) A national flag
A) HSM 80 B) HSM 1911 C) HSM 1820 D) HSM 1
A) 1911 B) 1820 C) 1965 D) 1839
A) Roald Amundsen B) James Clark Ross C) Charles Wilkes D) John Davis
A) Scientist B) Cartographer C) Sealer D) Naval officer
A) 1820 B) Mid-to-late 19th century C) 1965 D) Early 20th century
A) James Clark Ross B) John Davis C) Charles Wilkes D) Mikhail Lazarev
A) 1839–1840 B) 1911–1912 C) 1839–1843 D) 1820–1821
A) March through May B) May through August C) June through September D) October through February
A) The Sun sets every evening B) The Sun is continuously above the horizon C) The Sun is only visible for a few hours D) There is permanent darkness
A) 10 degrees B) 45 degrees C) 90 degrees D) 23.5 degrees
A) −55 °C B) −82.8 °C C) −25.9 °C D) −60 °C
A) Around −25.9 °C B) Around −82.8 °C C) Around −49.5 °C D) Around −60 °C
A) 9.9 °C B) −25.9 °C C) 0 °C D) −12.3 °C
A) Christmas Day, 2011 B) 23 June 1982 C) 21 July 1983 D) August 2010
A) The North Pole B) Between Dome A and Dome F C) Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station D) Vostok Station
A) 23 June 1982 B) 21 July 1983 C) Christmas Day, 2011 D) August 2010
A) –60.0 °C B) –82.8 °C C) –25.9 °C D) –49.5 °C
A) A desert B) A temperate grassland C) A rainforest D) A savanna
A) High winds B) Ocean tides C) Volcanic activity D) Heavy rainstorms
A) About 20 cm B) About 1 meter C) About 7 cm D) About 50 cm
A) Raised on stilts B) Equipped with melting heaters C) Built underground D) Built with sloped glass roofs
A) By latitude B) By elevation C) By the Prime Meridian D) By longitude
A) Never B) Once C) Daily D) Twice
A) Operation Deep Freeze B) Operation Antarctica C) Operation Iceberg D) Operation Cold Snap
A) Sydney B) Wellington C) Auckland D) Christchurch
A) Fossilized ferns B) Microbes C) Algae D) Insects
A) Antarctic Science B) Gondwana Research C) Nature D) Science
A) McMurdo Station, Antarctica B) Koonwarra, Australia C) Christchurch, New Zealand D) Ushuaia, Argentina
A) A swamp B) A river C) A lake D) An ocean |
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