Remote Sensing

Today’s questions follow a theme, but I don’t have the remotest intention of mentioning it.

One

The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station sits on the Antarctic ice at the South Pole. At approximately what elevation above sea level is this base? (The answer can be either feet or metres.)

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Two

An Antarctic Mystery was a two-volume novel written in 1897 which is a continuation of a novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, written in 1838 by another author. Who were the authors of these novels? 

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Three

The Kerguelen Islands, which are a World Heritage Site, part of the French Southern and Austral Lands and Seas, lie in what ocean?

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Four

A part of a U.K. overseas territory holds the title of the world’s most remote human settlement. What is this settlement and where it’s located?

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Five

In 1726, an Anglo-Irish clergyman and writer wrote a satirical novel which contains the word ‘remote’ in its original title. By what title is the novel commonly known today?

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Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.

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