Active Glacial

Question 1

Antarctica attracts how many tourists per year?

Answer 1

40,000

Question 2

How many people visited the Artic in 1990?

Answer 2

1 million

Question 3

How many people visited the Artic in 2014?

Answer 3

2 million

Question 4

How many cruise ships visited Svalbard in 2015?

Answer 4

50

Question 5

How many cruise ships visit Svalbard in 2020?

Answer 5

200

Question 6

Greenland tourism levels have increased by what % since 2004?

Answer 6

400

Question 7

When was the Antartic treaty signed?

Answer 7

1959

Question 8

How many countries and researchers took part in scientific research?

Answer 8

60 and 10,000

Question 9

How much has scientific research cost?

Answer 9

$1.5 billion

Question 10

What has research looked at?

Answer 10

Global climate change (by looking at ice cores)

Question 11

In Iceland, which volcano is beneath which ice caps?

Answer 11

The Grimsvotn volcano and the Vatnajokull ice caps

Question 12

The melting of the Vatnajokull ice caps came the creation of what?

Answer 12

A subglacial lake within the cauldron of the Grimsvotn volcano

Question 13

What is the total discharge of the Vantajokull lake?

Answer 13

3.5 km³

Question 14

How often does the Vantajokull lake drain?

Answer 14

3-6 years

Question 15

When the Vantajokull lake drained, how much damage did it cause?

Answer 15

US$15 million

Question 16

What % of Nepalese forest remains?

Answer 16

30%

Question 17

When was Sagarmatha National Park created in Nepal?

Answer 17

1976

Question 18

How many visitors does the Sagarmatha National Park recive each year?

Answer 18

100,000

Question 19

How many kg’s of rubbish does each person generate whilst climbing mountain everest?

Answer 19

8kg

Question 20

In 2019 the Nepali government launched a scheme to remove how many kg of rubbish from the mountain.

Answer 20

10,000kg

Question 21

Name a NGO lead by the Sherpa’s to keep the region clean

Answer 21

Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee