Fact-Finding Team
Location of Antarctica
The mission of your group is to
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Find the answers to the questions listed below. You
may use books, periodical resources, the Internet or
the Antarctica: 90 Degrees South video titled Antarctica
Under Construction about the geology and geography
of the continent.
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Make a presentation of your findings to the class. You
may use whatever media you choose for your presentation.
Think about how YOU learn best.
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Make a handout of the important findings of your group
to distribute to the rest of the class. Be sure to cite
your sources.
Questions — Location
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Where would you be if everywhere you look is north?
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What is the latitude of the South Pole?
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What is the difference between the magnetic and geographic
South Poles?
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Which pole, geographic or magnetic, were explorers like
Scott, Amundsen and Shackleton trying to reach?
Resources
Australian Atlantic Data Centre
http://www-aadc.aad.gov.au/default.asp
View from 35792 km above 88¼ 40' S and 41¼ 42" E
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth?imgsize=320&opt=-l&lat
=-88.6667&ns=North&lon=41.375&ew=West&alt=35792&img=learth.evif
Maps Home Page
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/linksa/maptop.html
Geographic Names Information System
http://geonames.usgs.gov/antarctic/
Name That Place
http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/southpole.edu/latlong.html
Virtual Tour — The Poles
http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/vtour/pole/poles/
Antarctica
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/aq.html
Antarctica Regions
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/islands_oceans_poles/antarctic_region_pol_95.jpg
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