1. Wilderness Challenge

2. Wilderness Challenge
What do you know about Antarctica already?
Question 1
Antarctica is:
a continent
a country
an iceberg
a cold drink

3. Wilderness Challenge
What do you know about Antarctica already?
Question 1
Antarctica is:
a continent
a country
an iceberg
a cold drink

4. Wilderness Challenge
What do you know about Antarctica already?
Question 1
Antarctica is:
a continent
a country
an iceberg
a cold drink

5. The number one predator in Antarctica’s waters is:
Question 2
The number one predator in Antarctica’s waters is:
the killer whale
the blue whale
the bottlenose whale
Jaws

6. Question 3
At what time does it go dark on Christmas Day?
7pm
10pm
midnight
it doesn’t

7. Question 4
Which of these animals is not found in Antarctica?
Penguin
killer whale
polar bear
seal

8. Antarctica’s ice sheets hold… 30% 50% 70% 90%
Question 5
Antarctica’s ice sheets hold…
30%
50%
70%
90%
… of the world’s fresh water

9. Question 6
The first explorer to reach the south pole was from:
Norway UK
USA
Chile

10. Question 7
Antarctica is the best place in the world to find:
Meteorites
Fossils
Shells
Precious stones

11. Question 8
When people that work in Antarctica leave the continent some of them describe the experience of ‘green-out’. What is it?
Gangrene
A strange desire to pig out on Brussel Sprouts
A fear of green people or Martians
The feeling of seeing plants and trees for the first time in ages

12. Question 9
During the winter, Antarctica’s sea-ice expands so that it becomes:
25% bigger
50% bigger
75% bigger
100% bigger

13. Question 10
If Antarctica’s ice sheets melted, the world’s oceans would rise by:
10-15 metres
20-25 metres
40-45 metres
60-65 metres

14. 1. Antarctica is: · Antarctica is the fifth largest continent
2. The number one predator in Antarctica’s waters is:
·              The killer whale
3. At what time does it go dark on Christmas Day?
·              On Christmas Day, it doesn’t really go dark in Antarctica. At this time of year, the position of the Earth relative to the sun means that the sun doesn’t set!
4. Which of these animals is not found in Antarctica?
·              Polar bears are found in the Arctic, not the Antarctic
5. Antarctica’s ice sheets hold…
·              70% of the world’s fresh water  
6. The first explorer to reach the South Pole was from:
·              The first explorer to make it to the South Pole was Roald Amundsen, from Norway. His team reached the south pole just 33 days ahead of Robert Falcon Scott’s British team.
7. Antarctica is the best place in the world to find:
·              Antarctica is the best place for meteorite collectors – over 25,000 have been found there!
8. When people that work in Antarctica leave the continent some of them describe the experience of ‘green-out’. What is it?
·              ‘Green-out’ describes the feeling of seeing plants and trees for the first time in ages.
9. During the winter, Antarctica’s sea-ice expands so that it becomes
·              With the added sea ice Antarctica becomes 100% bigger in the winter!
10. If Antarctica’s ice sheets melted, the world’s oceans would rise by
·              metres, but scientists today predict that this is not likely for another 7,000 years!

15. Antarctica quick fire quiz
Learning objective:
To know some basic facts about Antarctica

16. Quick fire quiz
1. Which ocean surrounds Antarctica?
2. How much of the Earth’s land area does Antarctica occupy?
3. What is the name of the mountain range which separates East and west Antarctica?
4. How much of Antarctica is an ice sheet?
5. On average how deep are the ice sheets?
6. What is the name of Antarctica’s highest point?
7. What is the geographical term given to a ‘river of ice’?
8. What is the name of the ice shelf which is the size of France?

17. Being There
Imagine you took these pictures. Where you are standing, how would you describe what it is like to be there? Think of five adjectives to describe what you see or how you feel.

18. Write your own poem/acrostic about Antarctica
Cold, frozen ice tinged with blue. I C