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Who runs the research station at the South Pole?
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What do crabeater seals mainly eat?
Answer: Krill
Why: Despite the name they eat no crabs: finely lobed teeth work like a sieve to strain krill from the water.
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How many Australias would cover Antarctica's area?
Answer: About 2
Why: Mercator world maps stretch polar land, so Antarctica looks far larger on them than it really is.
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Which vehicles did Edmund Hillary drive to the South Pole?
Answer: Farm tractors
Why: Afterwards the converted Ferguson tractors were left at the Pole for American researchers to use.
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What has Antarctica never had, unlike every other continent?
Answer: Native people
Why: People only made a confirmed landing on Antarctica in 1895, when a Norwegian team went ashore.
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What is the world's largest ice shelf?
Answer: Ross Ice Shelf
Why: At roughly 500,000 km², the shelf covers about as much area as France.
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Which station recorded Earth's lowest air temperature?
Answer: Vostok Station
Why: At 3,488 m, Vostok sits about 650 m higher on the ice sheet than the South Pole station.
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