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What sea route did Franklin try to complete in 1845?
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What did Nansen's team first cross on skis in 1888?
Answer: Greenland
Why: Nansen's team started on Greenland's almost empty east coast, so the only way to safety lay across the ice to the west.
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Which ship was built to drift while frozen into Arctic ice?
Answer: Fram
Why: A rounded hull meant that squeezing ice pushed Fram upward instead of crushing it.
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Whose North Pole claim was ruled unproven in Copenhagen in 1909?
Answer: Frederick Cook
Why: Cook's earlier claim to the first ascent of Denali, in 1906, has also been discredited.
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What pulled Amundsen's sledges to the South Pole?
Answer: Dogs
Why: Scott's team, by contrast, relied chiefly on man-hauling, with the men pulling their own sledges.
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Which country built Amundsen's North Pole airship Norge?
Answer: Italy
Why: Norge, Norwegian for Norway, began life as the Italian airship N1, designed by Umberto Nobile, and got its new name in 1926.
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When did Shackleton's 'Men wanted' ad first appear in print?
Answer: 1940s
Why: Searches of The Times and other papers have turned up no original copy of the advert, and a reward for finding one was never claimed.
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