quiz on antarctic exploration

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Which of these explorers is associated with the successful crossing of the Antarctic continent by land in 1958?

A) Sir Edmund Hillary

B) Sir Ranulph Fiennes

C) Vivian Fuchs

D) Richard Byrd

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What was the name of the ship used by Ernest Shackleton on his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition?

A) Endurance

B) Discovery

C) Terra Nova

D) Fram

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Who was the first person to reach the South Pole?

A) Robert Falcon Scott

B) Roald Amundsen

C) Ernest Shackleton

D) Douglas Mawson

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What was the main goal of Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917)?

A) To be the first to reach the South Pole

B) To cross the Antarctic continent

C) To explore the Ross Sea

D) To find new species of wildlife

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What year did Roald Amundsen's team reach the South Pole?

A) 1910

B) 1912

C) 1914

D) 1909

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Which British explorer led the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole?

A) Robert Falcon Scott

B) Ernest Shackleton

C) Frank Wild

D) James Clark Ross

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Who was the first person to fly over the South Pole?

A) Roald Amundsen

B) Richard Byrd

C) James Cook

D) Douglas Mawson

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In which year did the Antarctic Treaty come into effect, establishing Antarctica as a zone of international cooperation?

A) 1957

B) 1961

C) 1949

D) 1973

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quiz on antarctic exploration

Which of these explorers is associated with the successful crossing of the Antarctic continent by land in 1958?

What was the name of the ship used by Ernest Shackleton on his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition?

Who was the first person to reach the South Pole?

What was the main goal of Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917)?

What year did Roald Amundsen's team reach the South Pole?

Which British explorer led the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole?

Who was the first person to fly over the South Pole?

In which year did the Antarctic Treaty come into effect, establishing Antarctica as a zone of international cooperation?

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Which of these explorers is associated with the successful crossing of the Antarctic continent by land in 1958?

What was the name of the ship used by Ernest Shackleton on his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition?

Who was the first person to reach the South Pole?

What was the main goal of Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917)?

What year did Roald Amundsen's team reach the South Pole?

Which British explorer led the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole?

Who was the first person to fly over the South Pole?

In which year did the Antarctic Treaty come into effect, establishing Antarctica as a zone of international cooperation?

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