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Once bitten...
Danish explorer
Peter Freuchen’s
tootsies are badly
frostbitten on the Canadian
Arctic mapping mission of 1923. Do
you: a) agree to the Inuit healer who has kindly

Don some goggles to cut out the glare offered to bite them off or b) bash them off
from the white snow. You’ll avoid with a hammer? If you answered b), you’re
getting snowblind, and you’ll look
cool, too! Move on an extra space. correct. Throw again.

Ouch! Vicious jaegers
are attacking your head
with their feet. Move ahead
two spaces while you dash
for cover from these
sea-bird bullies.

You take a sip from an Arctic
lake—without realizing it’s
also a toilet for local beavers.
A nasty little bug gives you
the dreaded “beaver fever.”
A leopard seal tries to
Miss a turn while you recover.
drag you off the ice and into
You’ll stay warm with all
the water. Miss a turn while
that running to the toilet
you’ll be doing.
you wrench yourself free
of those fearsome jaws.
Temperatures have
plummeted. Put on
an extra layer, wipe
away your frozen
snot, and hurry on two
spaces to keep your
blood circulating.
You’ve slipped
into the dark,
icy Arctic waters.
Throw again to get out
before you turn into
a human ice cube.
You’re in luck—an Inuit
family takes a shine to
you and wraps you up
in some of their thick
fur clothes. Those Sweet dreams
snowshoes are great,
too. Snug and warm, You’ve tripped over the four iron
move on three spaces. about having
beds left by Italian mountaineer
the Duke of Abruzzi on his 1897
expedition to Alaska.
Miss a turn while
you fantasize
a warm blanket.

There’s no better way to It’s a dog’s life
speed across the ice than
with a team of huskies and Rations are running low. On the first
a sled. Mush! Move speedily expedition that reached the South Pole in
on two spaces. move on two spaces.

decides that there’s nothing to
1912, Danish leader, Roald Amundsen,
do but to cook up some husky
casserole. Half the expedition’s
dogs are killed. With a full
belly but a heavy heart,

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