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What is the difference between the North Pole and South Pole?

• The North Pole is mostly covered in ice and the South Pole is mostly water.

• The North Pole is mostly water with ice on top and the South Pole is mostly covered in ice.

• The North Pole is easily accessed. The South Pole is not.

• Both of them are covered in ice, but the North Pole is a continent.

What is the weather like in the Antarctic in winter? Select all that apply.

• Winter temps are actually very warm.

• Winter freezes only the continent, not the water.

• Winter temperatures can sink to 100 below zero Fahrenheit.

• The sea freezes surrounding the continent (7 million square miles)

What is the name of our main explorer?

• Ernest H. Shackleton

• Ernest Hemmingway

• Benjamin Franklin

• Benjamin Wilder

When was the Antarctic first sighted?

• The 21st Century

• The 20th Century

• The 18th Century

• The 19th Century

What was Shackleton's goal?

• Be the first to cross the continent from one side to the other.

• Be the first to land on the continent.

• Be the first to take pictures of the continent.

• Be the first to cross sea that surrounds the continent.

What was the name of the ship?

• Terror

• Fox

• Endurance

• Perservance

What was the Plan for the expedition?

• Voyage to Australia and then go to Antarctica.

• Voyage to North America and pick up more men and then sail to Antarctica.

• Voyage to South America to the Weddell Sea and then sail to Antarctica.

• Voyage to Africa to the Weddell Sea and then sail to Anarctica.

What was going on as the expedition crew were leaving England?

• World War II

• Vietnam War

• Korean War

• World War I

When did they leave England?

• April 25, 1914

• August 1, 1925

• August 8, 1914

• April 18, 1925

What was the name of the stowaway?

• Percy Blackborrow

• David Blackborrow

• Timothy Burns

• Robert Franklin