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North Pole Exploration Quiz

Take our ten-question quiz on an area that has captivated generations of explorers—the North Pole.

Managing Editor, NGM.com Rob Covey <![CDATA[Producer]]> Sabi Chawla <![CDATA[Writer & Researcher]]> Jamie Bussey Flash Developer Stefan Estrada Styling Nancy Gupton and Kitry Krause Researcher Heidi Schultz /2009/01/nansen/img/question-01.jpg Heavy seas pound a calving Ross Ice Shelf. Photograph by Jack Fletcher /2009/01/nansen/img/question-02.jpg Icebreakers free a drilling vessel from its icebound berth. Photograph by Richard Olsenius /2009/01/nansen/img/question-03.jpg Hunters traveling over the wet spring ice the Arctic. Photograph by Paul Nicklen /2009/01/nansen/img/question-04.jpg Polar expedition members pack before beginning their trek. Photograph by Joe Scherschel /2009/01/nansen/img/question-05.jpg An Eskimo whale hunter paddles an umiak in icy waters. Photograph by Emory Kristof /2009/01/nansen/img/question-06.jpg Driven by sails and a steam engine, with a hull built to withstand the crushing force of polar ice, Nansen's ship also carried comforts like lights. Photograph by Fridtjof Nansen, courtesy National Library of Norway Picture Collection. /2009/01/nansen/img/question-07.jpg Icebreaker, Canada, Arctic Photograph by Konrad Wothe, Minden Pictures /2009/01/nansen/img/question-08.jpg A Danish trawler out of the Faroe Islands arrives at a fish plant. Photograph by Bruce Dale /2009/01/nansen/img/question-09.jpg Hunter traveling over the wet spring ice in the Arctic. Photograph by Paul Nicklen /2009/01/nansen/img/question-10.jpg Inuit snowmobiles pull expedition members across a frozen lake. Photograph by Gordon Wiltsie 7 Excellent work. You are an expert of North Pole exploration. With a little work, you will be a pro on North Pole exploration. You are off to a good start. You may want to try again. 0 Gin Umbrellas Mirrors All of the above 4 Isabella, with knives, snuff, gin, mirrors, and umbrellas to hand out as gifts—though the people he met were more interested in the metal on the ship.]]> 1 Publishing newspapers Ice fishing Studying cartography Sketching landscapes 1 North Georgia Gazette and the Winter Chronicle. He also had them put on plays.]]> 2 0 2 15 to 20 At least 40 4 3 He was a doctor and prone to sickness. He was a priest. He was an Arctic Highlander. He had no experience sailing. 1 Advance.]]> 4 Frostbite Snow blindness Arsenic poisoning Stabbing 3 Polaris expedition, traveled to Hall's burial place. Hall's body had been well preserved in permafrost, and the hair samples Louis took revealed what had long been suspected—Hall had been murdered with arsenic. ]]> 5 Fram?]]> Thick felt Reindeer hair Cork shavings All of the above 4 Fram died.]]> 6 Ponies Hot air balloon Skis A zeppelin 2 Eagle. The men never returned.

More than three decades later, the bodies of the three men were found on White Island, a glacier-covered rock between Spitzbergen and Franz Josef Land. Extreme temperatures had forced the Eagle to land three days into the trip. The men died four months later of disease.]]> 7 Two Five Eight Nine 1 8 His account of reaching the North Pole was proved correct. He went to jail for five years. He served as a British spy in World War I. Ronald Reagan pardoned him. 2 9 10 25 59 70 3