* Who became, in 1773, the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle?
* Who became, in 1820, the first to see the Antarctic Continent?
* Whose expedition was trapped in the ice in 1898 and drifted helplessly for a year, thereby becoming the first to survive an Antarctic winter?
* Whsoe crew became the first to winter on the Antarctic continent when they built huts and spent the 1899 winter on Cape Adare?
* Who won the race to become the first to reach the South Pole when he arrived there on December 14, 1911?
* When the South Pole was first reached, what country's flag was planted there?
* 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?
* Who was the first to fly over the South Pole, accomplishing this on November 28, 1929?
* In what year did the International Geophysical Year begin, in which scientists from 67 countries cooperated in Antarctic research?
* The Antarctic Treaty, guaranteeing that the continent 'shall forever be used exclusively for peaceful purposes', took effect in what year?
* What was the name of Ibn Battutah's famous travel book?
* Ibn Battuta began his travels in 1325 and completed them some 30 years later. During that period, how many miles did he traverse?
* What was the name of his assistant, who wrote the narrative of Ibn Battutah's travels?
* Where did Ibn Battutah not go on his travels?
* While in India, he was rewarded with the title of 'Gadi' by the Indian ruler. What does Gadi mean?
* What English navigator in the Endeavour carried the Royal Society expedition to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus across the sun in the late 1760's?
* This American explorer and aviator graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1912 and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1926 for making the first flight over the North Pole.
* This Spanish explorer was dubbed 'Conqueror of Mexico'.
* This explorer's his expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
* This Scottish missionary and explorer traveled widely in Africa and was the first European to discover Victoria Falls.