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Blur reveal
Who discovered mainland of Antarctica?
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Fernão de Magalhães
James Clark Ross
James Cook
24% got this right
Bellingshausen was a cartographer, explorer, and naval officer of the Russian Empire
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Blur reveal
Who was the first to reach south pole?
Roald Amundsen
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
Robert Falcon Scott
Sir Edmund Hillary
31% got this right
Norwegian explorer who was first to reach both south and north pole
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Which of following penguins inhabit Antarctica?
Adélie penguin
Emperor penguin
Humboldt penguin
Yellow-eyed penguin
43% got this right
Only 8 out of 17 species of penguins live in Antarctica region. Those 2 species can only be found on the continent
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What is the lowest temperature measured in Antarctica?
-99 —
-89
— -69
°C
56% got this right
Lowest natural temperature on earth −89.2 °C was measured in Vostok Station in Antarctica on 21 July 1983
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On 1959, one scientist killed another one with an ice axe at Soviet Union Vostok Station. Why?
He lost the game of chess
His balalaika(musical instrument) got broken
The victim insulted his mother
The victim refused to give him vodka
24% got this right
Afterwards, chess games were banned at Soviet Antarctic stations
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Locate McMurdo Station?
22% got this right
It is operated by the United States
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Which of the following are true? It is the ...
Coldest continent
Driest continent
Highest continent (average elevation)
Smallest continent
78% got this right
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How much of the Earth’s fresh water is stored in Antarctica?
10 —
70
— 90
%
52% got this right
It is mostly bound up in the enormous ice sheet so you won’t be drinking out of too many running streams there
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Which of those do not live in Antarctica?
Snakes
Flies
Rats
Spiders
23% got this right
Rats were introduced there by humans
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What is the antipode of south pole?
North pole
62% got this right
Antipodes are specific points on the Earth that are directly opposite each other
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What is the average thickness of Antarctic ice sheet?
100 —
1900
— 2100
m
26% got this right
East Antarctic Ice Sheet holds the thickest ice on Earth, at 4800m
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What is Antarcticas top level domain?
.aq
.ac
.an
.as
18% got this right
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What was the name of the 1982 horror/scifi movie of shape-shifting alien that conquered the station in Antarctica?
The Thing
35% got this right
Some say it actually did not happen....
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Iris reveal
What's the name of the biggest ice shelf in Antarctica?
Ross
54% got this right
As of 2013, an area of roughly 500,809 square kilometers, about the size of France