Antarctica: Bases and Rules
Treaties, bases, krill, and katabatic winds: can you navigate this ultra-regulated continent?
What this quiz asks
- 1Which nation runs McMurdo Station, Antarctica's largest base?
- 2At the South Pole, which month sees zero sunlight (continuous polar night)?
- 3Which organism is the true keystone species of the Antarctic ecosystem?
- 4Which ocean entirely surrounds the Antarctic continent?
- 5Which countries co-manage Concordia Station (Dome C)?
- 6Among other things, the Madrid Protocol (1991) bans…
- 7What kind of prevailing wind rushes down the slopes of the Antarctic plateau toward the coast?
- 8Which ocean current circles Antarctica unobstructed by any continent?
- 9Subglacial Lake Vostok is separated from the surface by roughly…
- 10What does the Antarctic Treaty say about territorial claims after 1961?
