Question

Description acceptable. A man most famous for this activity deceived a young Minik Wallace and seized much of the Cape York meteorite in 1894. (20[1])An Italian pilot best-known for helping with this activity was blamed for the death of 17 companions and was the pilot of the Norge (“nor-gah”) dirigible. (20[1])A Nobel Prize–winning zoologist (20[1])who first gained fame with this activity (20[1])founded an International Office for Refugees (20[1])and (20[1])lends (20[1])his name to the (20[1])(*) Nansen (10[1])Passport. (10[1])A man (0[1])in the “heroic” (10[2])era of this activity was celebrated (10[2])for rescuing men stranded on Elephant Island (10[1]0[1])after (10[2])the (10[1])Endurance (10[2]0[1])was destroyed, (10[1])a story recounted (10[1])in his memoir (10[2])South. In 1911, (10[1])a milestone in this activity (10[2])was achieved by a Norwegian (10[1])named Roald Amundsen. (10[2])For 10 points, name this field of men like Ernest Shackleton. (10[3])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: polar exploration [accept answers like exploring the Arctic or the North Pole or reaching the poles; after the first sentence, accept answers such as exploring the Antarctic or the South Pole or crossing Antarctica; prompt on exploration or geography or geology by asking “in what location?”] (The person in the first clue was Robert Peary. The pilot was Umberto Nobile.)
<Michael Bentley, History - Cross, Historiography, and Miscellaneous&gt; ~23080~ &lt;Editor: Michael Bentley>
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Summary

2023 PACE NSC06/10/2023Y35100%23%0%91.37

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