Penguin Awareness Day

0:03 Calaroga Shark Media PI. I'm Mark Allison. In Today's theme is Penguin Awareness Day, Antarctic Explorers, Penguin species and life at the Poles. Question one, Which Norwegian explorer reached the South Pole on December fourteenth, nineteen eleven, beating Robert Falcon Scott's party by over a month after carefully planning with dog teams and skis. Question two, named during an eighteen forty French expedition, which penguin species honors the wife of explorer Jules dumand Derville, who christened Adelie Land after her Question three? Facing months of darkness and brutal cold, what unique method do male Emperor penguins use to incubate their single egg through the Antarctic winter? Question four? What do we call the phenomenon in Antarctica when the sun stays above the horizon for twenty four hours during the height of summer south of the Antarctic Circle? Question five. During Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition nineteen ten nineteen thirteen, team members collected fossils near the Beardmore Glacier that later supported the idea of Gondwana. These famous fossils are from what ancient plant? We'll be right back with these answers

1:39 after this break. Welcome back. Question one. Who first reached the South Pole in nineteen eleven? Answer Rolled Aminson. Aminson's team arrived on December fourteenth, nineteen eleven, while Scott's reached the pole on January seventeenth, nineteen twelve. Amuinson's use of dawgs and skis, meticulous planning and lighter loads proved crucial to his success and safe return. Question two, which penguin is named after a French explorer's wife, Answer Adelie penguin. Durville named the region Adilie Land for his wife Adele, and the penguins he observed there became known as Adelie penguins.

2:19 They are among the most widespread penguins on the Antarctic continent. Question three. How do male emperor penguins incubate their egg? Answer? They balance it on their feet under a brood pouch. Male emperors cradle the egg atop their feet beneath a feathered brood pouch, keeping it off the ice and warm. They fast for weeks and huddle tightly to conserve heat until the chick hatches. Question four name the twenty four hour daylight at the poles. Answer the midnight sun. South of the Antarctic Circle, summertime brings continuous daylight, while winter brings continuous night. At the south pole, the sun rises and sets only once per year. Question five, Which plant fossil did Scott's team find key evidence for Gondwana? Answer glossop Terrace. Glossop Terrace was a seed fern whose fossils were found with Scott's party, linking southern continents through shared ancient flora. The discovery bolstered the theory of continental drift, long before plate tectonics was widely accepted. That concludes today's five daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.