1. Who became, in 1773, the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle? Ferdinand Magellan Captain James Cook John Davis Jean-Baptiste Bouvet de Lozier

2. Who became, in 1820, the first to see the Antarctic Continent? Nathaniel Palmer Frederick Hasselborough Thaddeus von Bellingshausen William Smith

3. Whose expedition was trapped in the ice in 1898 and drifted helplessly for a year, thereby becoming the first to survive an Antarctic winter? Adrien de Gerlache John Biscoe James Weddell Sir James Clark Ross

4. Whsoe crew became the first to winter on the Antarctic continent when they built huts and spent the 1899 winter on Cape Adare? Otto Nordenskjold Carsten Borchgrevink Carl Larsen Henryk Bull

5. Who won the race to become the first to reach the South Pole when he arrived there on December 14, 1911? Jean Charcot Roald Amundsen W. S. Bruce Erich von Drygalski

6. Which country's flag was planted upon first arrival at the South Pole? Great Britain Japan France Norway

7. Who lost the race to the South Pole, arriving there on Janury 18, 1912, only to find that his rival had already been there a month earlier? Nobu Shirase Ernest Shackleton Robert F. Scott Douglas Mawson

8. Who was the first to fly over the South Pole, accomplishing this on November 28, 1929? Amelia Earhart Lincoln Ellsworth Charles Lindbergh Richard Byrd

9. In what year did the International Geophysical Year begin, in which scientists from 67 countries cooperated in Antarctic research? 1957 1977 1917 1937

10. The Antarctic Treaty, guaranteeing that the continent 'shall forever be used exclusively for peaceful purposes', took effect in what year? 1946 1999 1961 1920