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