South Pole - Quiz
A) Nimrod Expedition B) Discovery Expedition C) Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition D) Terra Nova Expedition
A) Edmund Hillary and Vivian Fuchs B) Roald Amundsen and Bernt Balchen C) Ernest Shackleton and Edward Wilson D) George J. Dufek and Richard Evelyn Byrd
A) 82°16′ S B) 88°23' S C) 90°00' S D) 80°00' S
A) Richard Evelyn Byrd B) Robert Falcon Scott C) Ernest Shackleton D) Roald Amundsen
A) 112 mi (180 km) B) 15 mi (24 km) C) 50 mi (80 km) D) 200 mi (320 km)
A) Edmund Hillary and Vivian Fuchs B) Ernest Shackleton and three companions C) Roald Amundsen and his party D) Robert Falcon Scott and his companions
A) 14 December 1911 B) 17 January 1912 C) 31 December 1902 D) 9 January 1909
A) Patriot Hills B) Polheim C) Fram D) Endurance
A) Amundsen-Scott Plateau B) Hergules Inlet C) King Olav V Plateau 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) A freezing ship wreck C) Attacks by wildlife D) Crevasse accidents
A) Flying over the South Pole in an airplane B) Establishing the first year-round research station C) Finding a new coastal route to the pole D) Crossing Antarctica via the South Pole
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) Vincent Colliard C) Bernt Balchen D) Alejo Contreras Steading
A) 29 November 1929 B) 31 October 1956 C) 17 January 1912 D) 14 December 1911
A) Edmund Hillary B) George J. Dufek C) Vivian Fuchs D) Richard Evelyn Byrd
A) Douglas R4D-5L Skytrain B) Terra Nova Biplane C) Nimrod Explorer D) Endurance Sea Plane
A) As a temporary camp for Admiral Byrd's flight B) To mine minerals in the Antarctic plateau C) For the International Geophysical Year D) To support Shackleton's trans-continental march
A) Arved Fuchs and Reinhold Messner B) Pam Young and Jean Pearson C) Edmund Hillary and Vivian Fuchs D) Victoria E. Murden and Shirley Metz
A) Victoria E. Murden, Shirley Metz, and Hannah McKeand B) Michele Eileen Raney, Mollie Hughes, and Karen Kyllesø C) Barbara Hillary, Lois Jones, and Jean Pearson D) Pam Young, Jean Pearson, Lois Jones, Eileen McSaveney, Kay Lindsay, and Terry Tickhill
A) Mollie Hughes B) Michele Eileen Raney C) Barbara Hillary D) Hannah McKeand
A) 1987 B) 1979 C) 1989 D) 1956
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) Christian Eide B) Todd Carmichael C) Vincent Colliard D) Aleksander Gamme
A) 22 days, 6 hours and 8 minutes B) 33 days and 23 hours C) 39 days and 7 hours D) 56 days
A) Victoria E. Murden B) Hannah McKeand C) Shirley Metz D) Barbara Hillary
A) 29 B) 79 C) 50 D) 26
A) Vincent Colliard and Christian Eide B) Aleksander Gamme, James Castrission, and Justin Jones C) Arved Fuchs and Reinhold Messner D) Edmund Hillary and Vivian Fuchs
A) Robert Falcon Scott B) Christian Eide C) Captain Lou Rudd D) Ernest Shackleton
A) Mollie Hughes B) Hannah McKeand C) Karen Kyllesø D) Pierre Hedan
A) Aleksander Gamme B) Captain Lou Rudd C) Pierre Hedan D) Mollie Hughes
A) East B) South C) West D) North
A) Greenwich Mean Time B) Coordinated Universal Time C) Eastern Standard Time D) No time zone
A) South B) West C) East D) North
A) East B) North C) South D) West
A) 1956 B) 1965 C) 1911 D) 1912
A) The snow does not melt B) Heavy rainfall buries structures C) Tectonic sinking pulls them down D) Volcanic ash covers the base
A) Solar flares B) Magnetic reversals C) Tidal friction D) Very small 'wobbles'
A) 180° B) 90° C) 360° D) 0°
A) Relative to magnetic north B) Using solar azimuth C) Using true east and west D) Relative to grid north
A) Toward the magnetic anomaly B) Toward the nearest open sea C) Along the 180th meridian D) Northward along the prime meridian
A) Continental drift B) Asteroid impacts C) Sea level rise D) Glacial melting
A) 4,000 m B) 2,835 m C) 1,500 m D) 500 m
A) 2,700 m B) 1,000 m C) 5,000 m D) 4,500 m
A) The Bay of Whales B) The Ross Sea C) The Indian Ocean D) The Weddell Sea
A) Christmas Day B) New Year's Day C) The Summer Solstice D) The Winter Solstice
A) 8,500 FT. B) 9,301 FT. C) 9,000 FT. D) 10,000 FT.
A) Visiting tourists B) Staff at the site C) An international committee D) The United States Navy
A) Photo opportunities B) Weather monitoring C) Navigation tracking D) Scientific research
A) A metallic sphere B) A national flag C) A wooden cross D) A glass globe
A) HSM 80 B) HSM 1911 C) HSM 1 D) HSM 1820
A) 1839 B) 1965 C) 1820 D) 1911
A) Roald Amundsen B) Charles Wilkes C) John Davis D) James Clark Ross
A) Cartographer B) Sealer C) Naval officer D) Scientist
A) Mid-to-late 19th century B) 1965 C) 1820 D) Early 20th century
A) Mikhail Lazarev B) Charles Wilkes C) John Davis D) James Clark Ross
A) 1911–1912 B) 1839–1840 C) 1839–1843 D) 1820–1821
A) May through August B) March through May C) October through February D) June through September
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) 23.5 degrees B) 45 degrees C) 90 degrees D) 10 degrees
A) −55 °C B) −60 °C C) −25.9 °C D) −82.8 °C
A) Around −60 °C B) Around −25.9 °C C) Around −49.5 °C D) Around −82.8 °C
A) 9.9 °C B) −25.9 °C C) −12.3 °C D) 0 °C
A) August 2010 B) 21 July 1983 C) Christmas Day, 2011 D) 23 June 1982
A) Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station B) The North Pole C) Between Dome A and Dome F D) Vostok Station
A) August 2010 B) 23 June 1982 C) 21 July 1983 D) Christmas Day, 2011
A) –49.5 °C B) –82.8 °C C) –60.0 °C D) –25.9 °C
A) A savanna B) A rainforest C) A desert D) A temperate grassland
A) High winds B) Heavy rainstorms C) Volcanic activity D) Ocean tides
A) About 7 cm B) About 50 cm C) About 1 meter D) About 20 cm
A) Raised on stilts B) Equipped with melting heaters C) Built with sloped glass roofs D) Built underground
A) By elevation B) By longitude C) By latitude D) By the Prime Meridian
A) Twice B) Never C) Daily D) Once
A) Operation Deep Freeze B) Operation Cold Snap C) Operation Iceberg D) Operation Antarctica
A) Sydney B) Christchurch C) Wellington D) Auckland
A) Algae B) Insects C) Microbes D) Fossilized ferns
A) Nature B) Science C) Antarctic Science D) Gondwana Research
A) Ushuaia, Argentina B) Koonwarra, Australia C) Christchurch, New Zealand D) McMurdo Station, Antarctica
A) A lake B) An ocean C) A river D) A swamp |
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