Team______________ A NO GOOGLING PLEASE!! NORWEGIAN Antarctic 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 Oslo to the South Pole 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 ❑ Horten ❑ Larvik 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 ❑ Oscar Wisting ❑ Sverre Hassel ❑ Olav Bjaaland 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 Fram 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 Antarctica on his own expedition. What was the name of his ship? ❑ Jason ❑ 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 Colin Archer, who was born in Norway 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 ❑ Maud 13. The sledging rations, prepared by Hjalmar Johansen, 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. Bay of Whales ______ 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 14 10 16 15 13 11 12 4.