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Antarctic Explorer Trump cards Welcome to Explorer Trump Cards!

The rules of the game are simple:

 Players take it in turns to choose a category (this can be any- thing you like using the information on the cards, use the points on the right-hand side or make up your own catego- ries like birthdate, age, number of trips to etc).

 Next compare the information on your card with the infor- mation on your opponent’s card, whoever has the better ’score’ wins. Note: The score doesn’t have to be the highest: that’s up to you! So if you wanted to you could say on your turn ’lowest age wins’ or ’most bravery points wins’ so you can choose the best category for you.

 If you win you add your opponent’s card to your deck.

 Neither player can change the order that your cards come up, you have to play with what ever is next. Start the game by flipping a coin or playing Rock Paper Scissors to decide who goes first. The aim of the game is to win all of the cards.

Keep checking the ETE Teachers website for more cards to add to your collection later in the term! Suggested learning outcomes and exercises:

 Discuss the questions below at the start and test knowledge retention at the end of the exercise.

 Assemble the expeditions into chronological order using the dates on each card.

 Discuss the qualities needed to be an explorer (see the skills listed beside each picture). Encourage the class to discuss any other qualities they thing an explorer might need.

 Look at the pictures and discuss what each person is wearing. Compare equipment from different ages.

Suggested questions:

 Who was the first to reach the ?

 Which explorer received 2 Medals of Honor?

 Who is Scott-Amundsen Base named after?

 Who was voted the 11th Greatest Briton in 2002?

 One interesting fact about Mrs Chippy.

 If you could ask a polar explorer 1 question, what would it be? (Well you can! Log onto ETE Teachers to send Antony a message in Antarctica.) Bravery 9 Experience 9 Funds 6 Leadership 10 Determination 10 shackletoncentenary.org Name: Sir Nationality: British Born: County Kildare (Ireland), 15th February 1874 Died: South Georgia (S. Atlantic), 5th January 1922 (Aged 47) No. of visits to Antarctica: 3 Antarctic expeditions: Expedition (1901-3), Expedition (1907-9), Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-17)

Fun fact: After his ship was trapped and crushed, Shackleton led his men to safety after 20 months stuck in Antarctica! In 2002 Shackleton was voted the 11th Greatest Briton. Bravery 10 Experience 7 Funds 7 Leadership 7 Determination 8 bbc.co.uk Name: Captain Robert Scott Nationality: British Born: Plymouth (UK), 6th June 1868 Died: (Antarctica), 29th March 1912 (Aged 43) No. of visits to Antarctica: 2 Antarctic expeditions: (1901-03) Expedition (1910-12)

Fun fact: Led the first British expedition to reach the South Pole. Scott-Amundsen Base is named after him & the leader of the first team to the South Pole, . Bravery 9

Experience 6 Funds 8 Leadership 7 Determination 10

antarcticguide.com Name: Sir Nationality: Australian Born: Shipley (UK), 5th May 1882 Died: Brighton (Australia), 14th October 1958 (Aged 76) No. of visits to Antarctica: 2 Antarctic expeditions: (1907-09) Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14).

Fun fact: Part of the first team to reach the Magnetic South Pole. In 1913 his 2 colleagues were killed on an expedition and Mawson had to walk 100 miles alone to safety. Bravery 6 Experience 9 Funds 6 Leadership 8 Determination 7 fluenceportland.com Name: Roald Amundsen Nationality: Norwegian Born: Borge (Norway), 16th July 1872 Died: Barents Sea, 18th June 1928 (Aged 55) No. of visits to Antarctica: 2 Antarctic expeditions: Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897-99) South Pole Expedition (1910-12).

Fun fact: In 1911 Amundsen and his team became the first to ever reach the South Pole. In 1928 he disappeared in a plane crash at sea. Bravery 4 Experience 8 Funds 7 Leadership 5 Determination 3 wikipedia.org Name: Captain Nationality: British Born: Ostend (Belgium), 24th August 1787 Died: (UK), 9th September 1834 (Aged 47) No. of visits to Antarctica: Many sealing voyages Antarctic expeditions: 1819-?20, 1821-22 and 1822-24)

Fun facts: In 1823, Weddell’s ships Beaufoy and Jane sailed further south than anyone had been before. The , Weddell Islands and Weddell seal are all named after him. Bravery 5 Experience 8 Funds 8 Leadership 8 Determination 7

bbc.co.uk Name: Sir Nationality: British Born: London (UK), 15th April 1800 Died: Aylesbury (UK), 3rd April 1862 (Aged 61) No. of visits to Antarctica: 1 extensive sea voyage Antarctic expeditions: 1839-43 voyage to Antarctica Fun fact: Ross spent four years mapping the coast of Antarctica! The Ross ice shelf was named for Sir James Clark Ross, at 188,000 square miles it is the biggest ice shelf— about the size of France! Bravery 7 Experience 8 Funds 7 Leadership 5 Determination 8 findagrave.com Name: Nationality: American Born: Chicago (USA), 12th May 1880 Died: Lenzburg (Switzerland), 26th May 1951 (Aged 71) No. of visits to Antarctica: 4 Antarctic expeditions: Four expeditions between 1933 and 1939 Many pioneering flights over Antarctica Fun fact: Ellsworth and his pilot were once stranded for two months alone at an abandoned basecamp! Ellsworth is 1 of 4 people to receive 2 Medals of Honor. Bravery 4 Experience 5 Funds 4 Leadership 4 Determination 6

wikipedia.org Name: Nationality: Belgian Born: Hasselt (Belgium), 2nd August 1866 Died: Brussels (Belgium), 4th December 1934 (Aged 68) No. of visits to Antarctica: 2 Antarctic expeditions: Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897-99) Later worked at a Belgian Antarctic research station

Fun fact: De Gerlache’s expedition were the first to ever spend the winter in Antarctica. Bravery 7 Experience 6 Funds 7 Leadership 6 Determination 6

ETE Teachers. Name: Antony Jinman Nationality: British Born: Plymouth (UK), 8th April 1981 Died: n/a No. of visits to Antarctica: 1 Antarctic expeditions: 2013 ETE Teachers South Pole Expedition

Fun fact: Antony went to the in April 2010. Antony’s polar heroes are Sir Ernest Shackleton and Captain Robert Scott—who was also from Plymouth! You can talk to Antony while he’s in Antarctica! Bravery 10 Experience 1 Funds 0 Leadership 0 Determination 3

James Caird Society Name: Mrs Chippy Nationality: British Born: Glasgow (UK), ? 1912 Died: Weddell Sea (Antarctica), 29th October 1915, (Aged 3?) No. of visits to Antarctica: 1 Antarctic expeditions: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-17)

Fun fact: Mrs Chippy was actually a boy! The crew didn’t realise until a month into their trip but the name stuck. Cats were used to catch rats on the ship, and to keep the crew company of course! Bravery 5 Experience 5 Funds 8 Leadership 6 Determination 6 coolantarctica.com Name: Captain Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen Nationality: Russian Born: Ösel Island (Estonia), 20th September 1778 Died: Kronstadt (Russia), 25th January 1852 (Aged 73) No. of visits to Antarctica: 1 Antarctic expeditions: First Russian Antarctic Expedition (1819-21)

Fun fact: Bellingshausen and his crew were the first people to ever see the Antarctic mainland. Bellingshausen has a planet named after him! Bravery 8 Experience 10 Funds 10 Leadership 8 Determination 7

Ibm.com Name: Admiral Richard Byrd Nationality: American Born: Winchester (USA), 25th October 1888 Died: Boston (USA), 11th March 1957, (Aged 68) No. of visits to Antarctica: 5 Antarctic expeditions: First flight to the South Pole expedition (1928-30), and expeditions in 1933-35, 1939-40, 1946-47 and 1955-56

Fun fact: Byrd flew over both the North Pole and the South Pole. In 1926 he was awarded the American Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery.