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Carsten Borchgrevink, a Common card
Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink was a Norwegian polar explorer and a pioneer of Antarctic travel.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 170
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 170 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Carsten Borchgrevink quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Carsten Borchgrevink card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Borchgrevink was born and raised in Christiania as the son of a ______ lawyer and an English-born immigrant mother.
Answer
Norwegian. Borchgrevink was born and raised in Christiania as the son of a Norwegian lawyer and an English-born immigrant mother. From the Carsten Borchgrevink article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He began his exploring career in ____ by joining a Norwegian whaling expedition, during which he became one of the first people to set foot on the Antarctic mainland.
Answer
1890s. He began his exploring career in 1894 by joining a Norwegian whaling expedition, during which he became one of the first people to set foot on the Antarctic mainland. From the Carsten Borchgrevink article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of South Carolina. History of South Carolina 90 · Konfrontasi 86 · Cuautitlán Izcalli 80 · Carsten Borchgrevink 76 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He inspired Sir Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, and others associated with the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
- Borchgrevink was born and raised in Christiania as the son of a Norwegian lawyer and an English-born immigrant mother.
- He began his exploring career in 1894 by joining a Norwegian whaling expedition, during which he became one of the first people to set foot on the Antarctic mainland.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Carsten Borchgrevink article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Carsten Borchgrevink (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Photographer unidentified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
