Global Commons - Antarctica (Scientific research)

Question 1

There are approximately how many science bases?

Answer 1

40

Question 2

There’s also __ airports and __ helipads

Answer 2

26 and 53

Question 3

There’s typically how many winter and summer staff on the continent

Answer 3

10,000 summer staff and 1,100 permanent winter staff

Question 4

The location of many bases means they occupy what space for animals?

Answer 4

breeding space for [penguins and sea birds

Question 5

What’s the name of the Argentinian ship that crashed in 1989?

Answer 5

Bahia Paraiso

Question 6

How much oil did the ship spill?

Answer 6

250,000 gallons

Question 7

The oil spill of the Bahia Paraiso also caused a mortality rate in the area of….

Answer 7

20% - killing krill, moss and sea birds

Question 8

In July 1995 alone ______ gallons of fuel spilt from poorly constructed fuel storage systems

Answer 8

21,000

Question 9

What did the French do in 1987 affecting a particular bird species

Answer 9

made a runway for planes straight through a diverse bird communities breeding area

Question 10

What did the Australians do in 2008 to increase productivity?

Answer 10

landed a commercial jet on a specially made runway

Question 11

The Australian’s new commercial landing system ran up to __ times a year and only took _ hours from Australia to Antarctica

Answer 11

20 times a year, taking 4 hours