Antarctic Explorer
Trump cards
Welcome to Antarctic Explorer Trump Cards!
The rules of the game are simple:
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Players take it in turns to choose a category (this can be anything you like using the information on the cards, use the
points on the right-hand side or make up your own categories like birthdate, age, number of trips to Antarctica etc).
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Next compare the information on your card with the information on your opponent’s card, whoever has the better
’score’ wins.
Note: The score doesn’t have to be the highest: that’s up to
you! So if you wanted to you could say on your turn ’lowest
age wins’ or ’most bravery points wins’ so you can choose
the best category for you.
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If you win you add your opponent’s card to your deck.
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Neither player can change the order that your cards come
up, you have to play with what ever is next.
Start the game by flipping a coin or playing Rock Paper Scissors to
decide who goes first.
The aim of the game is to win all of the cards.
Keep checking the ETE Teachers website for more cards to add to
your collection later in the term!
Suggested learning outcomes and exercises:
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Discuss the questions below at the start and test knowledge
retention at the end of the exercise.
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Assemble the expeditions into chronological order using the
dates on each card.
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Discuss the qualities needed to be an explorer (see the skills
listed beside each picture). Encourage the class to discuss
any other qualities they thing an explorer might need.
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Look at the pictures and discuss what each person is
wearing. Compare equipment from different ages.
Suggested questions:
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Who was the first to reach the South Pole?
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Which explorer received 2 Medals of Honor?
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Who is Scott-Amundsen Base named after?
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Who was voted the 11th Greatest Briton in 2002?
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One interesting fact about Mrs Chippy.
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If you could ask a polar explorer 1 question, what would it
be? (Well you can! Log onto ETE Teachers to send Antony a
message in Antarctica.)
Bravery
9
Experience
9
Funds
6
Leadership
10
Determination
10
shackletoncentenary.org
Name:
Nationality:
Sir Ernest Shackleton
British
Born:
County Kildare (Ireland), 15th February 1874
Died:
South Georgia (S. Atlantic), 5th January 1922 (Aged 47)
No. of visits to Antarctica:
3
Antarctic expeditions:
Discovery Expedition (1901-3), Nimrod Expedition
(1907-9), Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-17)
Fun fact:
After his ship was trapped and crushed, Shackleton led
his men to safety after 20 months stuck in Antarctica!
In 2002 Shackleton was voted the 11th Greatest Briton.
Bravery
10
Experience
7
Funds
7
Leadership
7
Determination
8
bbc.co.uk
Name:
Nationality:
Captain Robert Scott
British
Born:
Plymouth (UK), 6th June 1868
Died:
Ross Ice Shelf (Antarctica), 29th March 1912 (Aged 43)
No. of visits to Antarctica:
Antarctic expeditions:
Fun fact:
2
Discovery Expedition (1901-03)
Terra Nova Expedition (1910-12)
Led the first British expedition to reach the South Pole.
Scott-Amundsen Base is named after him & the leader
of the first team to the South Pole, Roald Amundsen.
Bravery
9
Experience
6
Funds
8
Leadership
7
Determination
10
antarcticguide.com
Name:
Nationality:
Sir Douglas Mawson
Australian
Born:
Shipley (UK), 5th May 1882
Died:
Brighton (Australia), 14th October 1958 (Aged 76)
No. of visits to Antarctica:
Antarctic expeditions:
Fun fact:
2
Nimrod Expedition (1907-09)
Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14).
Part of the first team to reach the Magnetic South Pole.
In 1913 his 2 colleagues were killed on an expedition
and Mawson had to walk 100 miles alone to safety.
Bravery
6
Experience
9
Funds
6
Leadership
8
Determination
7
fluenceportland.com
Name:
Nationality:
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian
Born:
Borge (Norway), 16th July 1872
Died:
Barents Sea, 18th June 1928 (Aged 55)
No. of visits to Antarctica:
Antarctic expeditions:
Fun fact:
2
Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897-99)
South Pole Expedition (1910-12).
In 1911 Amundsen and his team became the first to
ever reach the South Pole.
In 1928 he disappeared in a plane crash at sea.
Bravery
4
Experience
8
Funds
7
Leadership
5
Determination
3
wikipedia.org
Name:
Nationality:
Captain James Weddell
British
Born:
Ostend (Belgium), 24th August 1787
Died:
London (UK), 9th September 1834 (Aged 47)
No. of visits to Antarctica:
Antarctic expeditions:
Fun facts:
Many sealing voyages
1819-?20, 1821-22 and 1822-24)
In 1823, Weddell’s ships Beaufoy and Jane sailed
further south than anyone had been before.
The Weddell Sea, Weddell Islands and Weddell seal are
all named after him.
Bravery
5
Experience
8
Funds
8
Leadership
8
Determination
7
bbc.co.uk
Name:
Nationality:
Sir James Clark Ross
British
Born:
London (UK), 15th April 1800
Died:
Aylesbury (UK), 3rd April 1862 (Aged 61)
No. of visits to Antarctica:
Antarctic expeditions:
Fun fact:
1 extensive sea voyage
1839-43 voyage to Antarctica
Ross spent four years mapping the coast of Antarctica!
The Ross ice shelf was named for Sir James Clark Ross,
at 188,000 square miles it is the biggest ice shelf—
about the size of France!
Bravery
7
Experience
8
Funds
7
Leadership
5
Determination
8
findagrave.com
Name:
Nationality:
Lincoln Ellsworth
American
Born:
Chicago (USA), 12th May 1880
Died:
Lenzburg (Switzerland), 26th May 1951 (Aged 71)
No. of visits to Antarctica:
Antarctic expeditions:
Fun fact:
4
Four expeditions between 1933 and 1939
Many pioneering flights over Antarctica
Ellsworth and his pilot were once stranded for two
months alone at an abandoned basecamp!
Ellsworth is 1 of 4 people to receive 2 Medals of Honor.
Bravery
4
Experience
5
Funds
4
Leadership
4
Determination
6
wikipedia.org
Name:
Nationality:
Adrien de Gerlache
Belgian
Born:
Hasselt (Belgium), 2nd August 1866
Died:
Brussels (Belgium), 4th December 1934 (Aged 68)
No. of visits to Antarctica:
Antarctic expeditions:
Fun fact:
2
Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897-99)
Later worked at a Belgian Antarctic research station
De Gerlache’s expedition were the first to ever spend
the winter in Antarctica.
Bravery
7
Experience
6
Funds
7
Leadership
6
Determination
6
ETE Teachers.
Name:
Nationality:
Antony Jinman
British
Born:
Plymouth (UK), 8th April 1981
Died:
n/a
No. of visits to Antarctica:
Antarctic expeditions:
Fun fact:
1
2013 ETE Teachers South Pole Expedition
Antony went to the North Pole in April 2010.
Antony’s polar heroes are Sir Ernest Shackleton and
Captain Robert Scott—who was also from Plymouth!
You can talk to Antony while he’s in Antarctica!
Bravery
10
Experience
1
Funds
0
Leadership
0
Determination
3
James Caird Society
Name:
Nationality:
Mrs Chippy
British
Born:
Glasgow (UK), ? 1912
Died:
Weddell Sea (Antarctica), 29th October 1915, (Aged 3?)
No. of visits to Antarctica:
Antarctic expeditions:
Fun fact:
1
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-17)
Mrs Chippy was actually a boy! The crew didn’t realise
until a month into their trip but the name stuck.
Cats were used to catch rats on the ship, and to keep
the crew company of course!
Bravery
5
Experience
5
Funds
8
Leadership
6
Determination
6
coolantarctica.com
Name:
Nationality:
Captain Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Russian
Born:
Ösel Island (Estonia), 20th September 1778
Died:
Kronstadt (Russia), 25th January 1852 (Aged 73)
No. of visits to Antarctica:
Antarctic expeditions:
Fun fact:
1
First Russian Antarctic Expedition (1819-21)
Bellingshausen and his crew were the first people to
ever see the Antarctic mainland.
Bellingshausen has a planet named after him!
Bravery
8
Experience
10
Funds
10
Leadership
8
Determination
7
Ibm.com
Name:
Nationality:
Admiral Richard Byrd
American
Born:
Winchester (USA), 25th October 1888
Died:
Boston (USA), 11th March 1957, (Aged 68)
No. of visits to Antarctica:
5
Antarctic expeditions:
First flight to the South Pole expedition (1928-30), and
expeditions in 1933-35, 1939-40, 1946-47 and 1955-56
Fun fact:
Byrd flew over both the North Pole and the South Pole.
In 1926 he was awarded the American Congressional
Medal of Honor for bravery.