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? Sixty Degrees South 5 Degrees South 25 Degrees South 50 Degrees South

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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? February July December August