GC80JCZ Unknown Cache A Trip To Antarctica
Type: Mystery | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: Croochie @ | Hide Date: 11/20/2018 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 59.000 W105° 09.500 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Recommended for kids  Takes less than an hour  No Significant hike  Available at all times  Available during winter  No Poison plants  Not Wheelchair accessible  Parking available  No Camping available  Bicycles  No Campfires  Stealth required  Seasonal Access  No Tree Climbing 

Welcome to a very fun puzzle cache all about Antarctica! The cache has a lot of room for swag and is kid friendly. The cache is NOT at the listed coordinates but is at:

 

N39 AB.CDE W105 FG.HJK

 

Solve the puzzle to get the cache.

 

A = The number of people on Amundsen’s expedition to the geographic South Pole.

B = True/False: Shackleton made snow shoes for his ponies. True = 8, False = 9.

C = The number of signers originally on the Antarctic Treaty originating in 1959. (Add digits) (Add 1)

D = The lowest recorded temperature at the South Pole in fahrenheit. (Last digit)

E = The highest recorded temperature at the South Pole in fahrenheit. (First digit)(Add 3 and use 2nd digit)

F = The number of polar bears at South Pole Station. (Multiply by 8 and use the last digit)

G = The larger military plane that flies from Christchurch to McMurdo Station. (Use the 2 digit plane) (Add digits)

H = The first expedition to reach the geographic South Pole landed there in _____. (Year) (Use 2nd digit)

J = The number of months the sun is up every year at the geographic South Pole. (-1)

K = The number of people on the Terra Nova Expedition that reached the geographic South Pole.

NOTE: THERE ARE TWO COLLECTOR'S SOUTH POLE STATION PATCHES ORIGINATING FROM THE ACTUAL SOUTH POLE IN THE CACHE FOR THE FTF AND THE STF. PLEASE TAKE THEM!!!!!

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South Pole Station.

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Shackelton gathered rocks to build walls around his hut to break the wind.

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10 Logs: Found it 9  Write note 1  

Found it 04/08/2019 By Miles ToGeo
I have been wrestling with this puzzle for sometime now. I was close but not close enough for an okay from the checker. I rechecked my work and got an okay. I was out and close, so I stopped for a look. A nicely placed final. I didn't trade anything but I signed the log.

Found it 04/07/2019 By jacobboulder
Quick find with tracylhs. Found to fill the April 7th square on my 366 Days of Geocaching chart. SL. TFTC!

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Found it 04/07/2019 By tracylhs
Found with jacobboulder to fill 4/7 on our 366 Days of Geocaching charts. Spot-on coords! I have a master’s in marine science- some of my classmates did research in Antarctica, but I stayed warm in the Caribbean! TFTC!

Found it 03/29/2019 By pjcai
Thanks for the interesting puzzle. I actually learned a few things including why penguins at the South Pole are so friendly. TFTC SL

Write note 02/07/2019 By robuster91
thanks for the new puzzles

Found it 12/12/2018 By jasperdakota
Thanks for the educational puzzle cache! SL.

Found it 12/10/2018 By sleuthers
I always struggle with trivia-type puzzles. This was no exception. After an exchange with Croochie and a puzzle change was made I managed to solve it. Thanks for an educational and interesting puzzle. It was appropriate for this puzzle that near the cache there was snow! Cheers.

Found it 12/04/2018 By snowmo69
I solved this puzzle yesterday and made the find on my way into work this morning. The temperature questions tripped me up a bit, but I was finally able to get the correct figures. Took a couple of minutes at GZ to make the find, but all is well with this cache. Thanks Croochie!

Found it 12/02/2018 By SeekDaCache
Taking advantage of a nice day to cache our way to the Social Butterfly -- Last Chance! Event in Longmont. We remember doing a cache here some time ago. Very nice hide and camo, TNLN, SL,TFTC

Found it 11/25/2018 By Alpenist
TFTC & FTF. Interesting puzzle and cache. I took the liberty of adding a patch that came from the Field Safety Training 1996-97 U.S. Antarctic Program, at McMurdo.