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A NO GOOGLING PLEASE!! NORWEGIAN Quiz

SouthPole-sium v.3 May 12-14, 2017

1 A Norwegian Antarctic Quiz There may be no answer or more than one. Some answers appear in the Keepsakes. Consult your team-mates.

1. About how far is it from to the as the petrel flies? ❑ 6,890 miles/11,088 km ❑ 8,740 miles/14,066 km ❑ 10,370 miles/16,688 km ❑ 12,313 miles/19,816 km

2. What was the original name of the ‘Endurance’? ❑ Hector ❑ Hekla ❑ Polaris ❑ Mjølner ❑ Kap Nor

3. Where was she built? ❑ Drammen ❑ Sandefjord ❑ Tønsberg ❑ ❑

4. What was the cook Lindstrøm particularly known for? ❑ Seal stew ❑ Penguin rissoles ❑ Hotcakes ❑ Martinis

5. Who made the tent that Amundsen left at the South Pole? ❑ Martin Rønne ❑ ❑ ❑

6. At what island on the outward voyage did Amundsen announce his true intentions to his expedition members? ❑ Bermuda ❑ Tristan de Cunha ❑ Canaries ❑ Seychelles ❑ Madeira

7. When was the Museum dedicated? ❑ 1933 ❑ 1934 ❑ 1935 ❑ 1936 ❑ 1937

8. Carsten Borchegrevink is often credited as being the first person to step on the Antarctic continent. He was Norwegian born but moved where in 1888?

❑ England ❑ Australia ❑ New2 Zealand ❑ USA 9. He later returned to on his own expedition. What was the name of his ship? ❑ ❑ Antarctic ❑ Active ❑ Southern Cross ❑ Frithjof

10. How many whales were taken during Grytviken’s first season in 1904-05? ❑ 66 ❑ 183 ❑ 201 ❑ 243 ❑ 406

11. The Fram was built by , who was born in of parents from where? ❑ Wales ❑ Scotland ❑ England ❑ Ireland

12. Name the Antarctic research stations that Norway currently maintains, either year-round or seasonally. ❑ Larsen ❑ Troll ❑ Haakon ❑ Tor ❑

13. The sledging rations, prepared by , included how many tins of pemmican? ❑ 600 ❑ 1,130 ❑ 1,320 ❑ 1,460 ❑ 2,320

14. Adolf Amandus Andresen established whaling on Deception Island in 1906-07. What did he bring along with him? ❑ A pig ❑ A monkey ❑ A wife ❑ A French chef

15. A Norwegian was the first person known to have died and been buried on the Antarctic continent. What was his name? ❑ Olsen ❑ Ødegaard ❑ Wennersgaard ❑ Hanson

16. Amundsen bought his house—Uranienborg—in what year? ❑ 1905 ❑ 1906 ❑ 1907 ❑ 1908 ❑ 1909

17. Hjalmar Johansen committed suicide in what Oslo park? ❑ St. Hanshaugen ❑ Solli ❑ Sofienberg ❑ Slottsparken ❦

Compiled and produced by Robert B. Stephenson. E & TP-313

Enter after each feature the number that most accurately corresponds to its location: A. The South Pole ______B. East Antarctica circle your guess C. West Antarctica circle your guess D. Norway’s year-round research station ______E. ______F. Cape Evans ______G. Ronne Ice Shelf ______H. Larsen Ice Shelf ______I. Amundsen Sea ______J. Cape Adare ______

5 6 7 1 2 8 4 22 3 20 21 23 24 19 East or West 25 28 Antarctica? 27 29 30 9 18 26 31 32 East or West Antarctica? 17

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