Get Fired up for Antarctica!

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1. Who was the first person to claim to have seen Antarctica? Scott Amundsen Byrd Bellingshausen

2. Identify the passage between South America and Antarctica. Answer: (Two Words - _____ Passage)

3. James Cook was the first person to enter the Antarctic Circle. True or False? True False

4. What is the name of the largest peninsula on Antarctica? Antarctica peninsula Drake peninsula Amundsen peninsula Antarctic peninsula

5. Which of these research bases belongs to Russia? Law Dome Blue Fields Camp Svea Vostok

6. True or false? The magnetic south pole is located on the mainland of Antarctica. True False

7. Who was the first to fly successfully over the South Pole? Richard Byrd John Davis Ronald Amundsen Fabien Bellinghausen

8. Name the mountain range which divides the Antarctic. Answer: (Three Words - ____ ____ Mountains)

9. True or false? The Antarctic Circle completely contains Antarctica? True False

10. There is an island in the Ross Sea that is named after an American President? What is that island? Jefferson Island Roosevelt Island Lincoln Island Washington Island