Antarctica: 90 Degrees South
The Game
Scenario
 Roald Amundsen was the first
person to reach the South Pole. He left a diary that describes
a
black stone that he found.
Some meteors found on the South Pole have been from Mars.
The government wants to know if this very large meteor is
from Mars and is willing to pay $1 million for someone who
can find the stone and determine its origin. The students
will be a part of the journey.
The students are given $100,000
to buy their supplies and a number of days (depending on
the route they choose) to
make the trip. If they run out of money or run out of days,
their trip is ended. If they make bad choices (like indiscriminately
killing penguins) or need something they didn’t choose
to bring, their trip is ended.
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Antarctica: 90 Degrees
South — The Game Introductory Activity
Exploration
1. Who
was the first
person to reach the South Pole?
2. What year did
he reach the South Pole?
3. Who was the second
person to reach the South Pole?
4. How did this second
journey end?
5. Who owns Antarctica?
8.
Could Antarctica be considered a desert?
Why or why not?
Climate
and Geography
7. What was the coldest
temperature ever
recorded on earth and where did it happen?
8. What are the
katabatic winds?
9. What is the Antarctic Convergence
Zone?
10.
How much of the earth’s fresh
water is at Antarctica?
11.
What is the average thickness of the ice in Antarctica?
12.
What are icebergs?
13. What is the ozone
hole?
14. Is there just one South
Pole?
If not, how many are there?
15. Is December considered to be in the
summer or in the winter in Antarctica?
Life on Antarctica
16. What kind of vegetation is alive in
Antarctica?
17. Amundson used dog
teams to get to
the pole. Would it be wise to use dog teams today?
18. What kinds of
fossils have been found in Antarctica?
19.
What land mammals are native to Antarctica?
20. What kind
of insects is found in Antarctica?
Bonus: What
is strange about the ice fish found in the ocean’s
surrounding Antarctica?
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