Question

An explorer known for this feat had a son who was the first to academically study the Puebloan Cliff Palace. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name or describe this feat that was accomplished by Adolf Erik Nordenskiold on the Vega expedition. Georgy Brusilov’s expedition disappeared trying to accomplish this feat.
ANSWER: crossing the Northeast Passage [or sailing, exploring, traveling through, traversing, or going through the Northeast Passage; accept Northern Sea Route or NSR in place of “Northeast Passage”; reject answers mentioning the “Northwest Passage”]
[10e] An explorer from this country named Roald Amundsen led the first expedition verified to have reached the South Pole. Arctic explorer Fridtjof (“FREET-yof”) Nansen was from this country.
ANSWER: Norway [or Kingdom of Norway; accept Kongeriket Norge or Kongeriket Noreg]
[10m] Nansen worked alongside this leader on refugee programs. This man, who governed under Josef Terboven, was later executed at Akershus Fortress in 1945.
ANSWER: Vidkun Quisling [or Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonsson Quisling]
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Indiana AUChicago A0101020
UIUC CMiami0101020
Northwestern APurdue A0101020
WashU CNotre Dame0101020
Purdue BUChicago D0101020
SIUE AIndiana B010010
UIUC AUIUC B0101020
UChicago CUIUC D0101020
UChicago BWashU D0101020