Antarctica Mania

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1. Which one of these countries does not send scientists either in the winter and the fall to study the climate of Antarctica? Japan India Estonia South Africa

2. The Antarctic Treaty which delegates the laws for the territory of Antarctic is in effect from zero degrees south to what line of latitude? 25 Degrees South Sixty Degrees South 5 Degrees South 50 Degrees South

3. If you wanted to watch television in Antarctica, where would you go? Graham Land Victoria Land South Orkeney Islands McMurdo Sound

4. In which geographic direction is the volcanic activity on Antarctica the greatest? East South West North

5. What is the only common dolphin found around the waters of the Antarctic? Hourglass Blue Arnoux's Beaked Southern Right

6. There are exactly nineteen of what in Antarctica as of the year 2002? Scientific Stations Flags Flying at the South Pole Meteorite Findings Airports

7. Who was the first person to cross what is now known as the Antarctic Circle? Fabien Bellingshausen James Cook John Davis Robert Amundsen

8. What was the first year that a woman stepped onto the Antarctica continent? 1960 2000 1874 1935

9. What geographic section of Antarctica statistically is the coldest? North South West East

10. If you wanted to witness the hatching of Antarctic baby chicks in the Antarctic summer, during what month should you most likely to go? July February August December