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Answer
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What is the largest type of penguin in the world?
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Emperor Penguin
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What is the closes country to Antarctica? * if not counting overseas territories
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Chile
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What ocean surrounds Antarctica?
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Southern Ocean
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Who was the first person to reach the South Pole?
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Roald Amundsen
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What explorer almost encountered the mainland Antarctica, but sailed towards Tahiti to resupply his ship in the 1770s?
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James Cook
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What is the name of the largest ice shelf in Antarctica?
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Ross
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What country claims the largest portion of Antarctica – about 40% of the continent?
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Australia
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What is the largest type seal in the world?
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Southern Elephant Seals
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What is the name of the largest lake in Antarctica?
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Lake Vostok
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What is the most active volcano in Antarctica?
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Mount Erebus
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What ocean passage is located between Antarctica and South America? * also a name for a male duck
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Drake Passage
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What 1982 horror movie, set in Antarctica, is about a group of researchers being hunted by a shape-shifting alien?
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The Thing
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In what British-controlled island is the whaling station of Grytviken located?
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South Georgia
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What country made the first confirmed sighting of mainland Antarctica in 1820?
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Russia
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What is the largest island of Antarctica? * named for a monarch of that country
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Alexander
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What name is given to the Norwegian-claimed part of Antarctica?
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Queen Maud Land
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Emilio Palma is the first documented human to have done what in Antarctica?
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Be born there
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What mountain range divides Antarctica into Eastern and Western sections?
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Transantarctic Mountains
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What ocean current flows clockwise around Antarctica?
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Circumpolar Current
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