Explorers I
Made three expeditions to Antarctica; discovered Cape Adare, Ross Island, the Ross Ice Shelf, and McMurdo Bay
Who is Sir James Clark Ross
This English explorer sailed around Antarctica in 1773 searching for a fabled southern continent
Who is James Cook
Built the first submarine, the Turtle
Who is David Bushnell
Jagged chunks of ice that break off, or "calve" from a glacier as it reaches the sea
The "fifth ocean" as designated by the International Hydrographic Organization
First human to reach the South Pole
Who is Roald Amundsen
This explorer flew a plane over the South Pole during his 1928-29 survey expedition
Who is Richard Byrd
Charted ocean currents; also used his knowledge and theories to rescue a lost ship and its crew
Who is Matthew Maury
Pieces of an ice pack that break off
What are ice floes
The name of the largest settlement in Antarctica
What is McMurdo Station
First human to dive beneath the ice of Antarctica
Who is Jacques Cousteau
The deepest point in the deepest deep of the ocean
What is Challenger Deep
With Otis Barton, descended below the photic zone in a bathysphere
Who is William Beebe
The submerged edges of a continent
What is the continental shelf
This mountain range splits the two main parts of Antarctica
Ended his expedition just 97 miles from the South Pole to rescue his crew from their trapped ship
Who is Ernest Shackleton
Isolated underwater volcanoes are called
What are seamounts
Invented the SCUBA
Who is Jacques Cousteau
The acronym EEZ stands for
What is Exclusive Economic Zone
Explorer Thaddeus von Bellingshausen sailed around Antarctica and discovered this island
What is Peter I Island
First explorer to winter in Antarctica
Who is Carsten Borchgrevink
A solitary mountain that extends above the ice cap in Antarctica
What is a nunatak
Located and studied the HMS Titanic and explored the Bismarck and other famous shipwrecks
Who is Robert Ballard
The regions of the ocean that are open to the ships of all countries equally
Sir Douglas Mawson was a member of another explorer's 1908-09 expedition and then discovered this place on his own expedition