GCFFE7 Polar Opposites (Unknown Cache) in Ontario, Canada created by SouthCentral

This cache has been archived.

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GCFFE7 ▼

A cache by SouthCentral Message this owner

Hidden : 4/22/2003

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Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

This is an all weather, accessible, indoor, urban cache suitable for families. Go to the posted co-ordinates and solve the following puzzles (or solve the puzzles before
hand) to get the “code” needed to locate the cache.
Winter friendly (especially part two).

If you haven’t do so previously, you’ll need to solve the following puzzles at the posted co-ordinates to get the key "code" number of a nearby item. The order of the questions is the same as the individual digits of the number. Since the items may get moved around, there is
approximately a 2m margin of error (which is better then I usually get in the field!)

Please try to be discrete when attempting to retrieve the cache so you don't attract extra attention to yourself! The cache container is approximately 25cm x 12cm x 2cm, so please bring smaller/thinner items. As always, record your visit in the log book and leave the log with the pencil, pencil sharpener, and eraser in the cache container.

This is definitely NOT a cache to try to get late at night. Guards have been hired to prevent people from tossing the place (especially those winter geocachers armed with shovels).

The first question is easier to do on the Internet, but the rest are found equally as easily by LOOKing AT BOOKS.

1. Find the title of the first Canadian, feature length, fiction film written produced, directed and acted by Inuit. (This movie was nominated for and won several awards.) Count the number of letters in the Inuit portion of the title. Subtract from this the number of brothers the hero (who's name appears in the title) has. The answer is the first digit of the code number.

2. What day (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. of X month) did Ernest Shackleton reach his furthest south position on his 1908-1909 expedition to the South Geographic Pole?

3. Which of the following statements about the geographic poles, (i.e. 90°N and 90°S) is correct?
("3") The North and South Poles are both found over continents.
("7") The North and South Poles are both found over a sea.
("8") The North Pole is over water while the South Pole is over a continent.
("5") The North Pole is over a continent while the South Pole is over water.

4. Which of the following is the first among the group to stand at the geographic North Pole? (I encourage you to look closer at all the people listed as their individual journeys are all fascinating.)
("G") Salomon Andrée
("P") Adolphus Greely
("S") Robert Peary
("R") Fridtjof Nansen
(Sidebar: At this time I'd like to point out that there is some controversy whether or not the first person actually made it there, and if Frederick Cook beat him there.)

5. In 1911-1912 Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott raced to the South Geographic Pole.
(A.) Approximately (i.e. round to the nearest degree) how many degrees closer to the South Pole was Amundsen's base camp than Scott's camp at Mt. Erebus. (B.) Determine the number of letters in the name of Amundsen's base camp. To find the fifth digit in the code number, subtract (A) from (B).

6&7. What is the latitude of Canada's northernmost mainland? Round up to the nearest degree. The last two digits in the code number correspond to the rounded up number of degrees of latitude. (i.e. YZ°N)

You’ve got the co-ordinates. You’ve got the code. Go get the cache!

Bringing kids along (yours or your friends') is encouraged! Half the second floor will keep them entertained no matter their age...

I recommend you take the bus as parking is limited, especially on weekdays. The 95, 97, and a whole host of others will get you within 400m of the posted location.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Punatrf va ryringvba naq obql cbfvgvba znl or arprffnel. Vg znl uryc gb YBBX guvatf HC. (2 pyhrf urer) Va gur raq, gur anzr bs guvf pnpur znl uryc lbh svaq gur pnpur vgfrys.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)