The second Paper Chase was launched on the second of May. This time two researchers cracked it in just over a week. Swiv and Ottox correctly emailed the answer to me and, in due course, received an h2g2 Teeshirt.

• Clue 1: This time we're roving
  
  To places far and wide
  
  First stop a Capital river
  
  For a virtual ride
  
  Solution: A504091; Thames Boat Trip
  .

• Clue 2:Stay in virtual mode
  
  To visit a meet...
  
  Take a leaf from Wowbagger
  
  And attend as a sheet!
  
  Solution: A446519; h2g2Life... 02.10.2000.

• Clue 3:Now cross the Atlantic
  
  To the good ole USA
  
  Where researchers from Colorado
  
  Met up for the day.
  
  Solution: A505955; Denver Meet-Up
  .

• Clue 4: Travel back in time
  
  To a festive celebration
  
  What do they use for reindeer
  
  In an 'upside-down' nation?
  
  Solution: A473366; Santa in Ozland
  .

• Clue 5: Now you travel further north
  
  For New Year in the east.
  
  It isn't where you think it is
  
  This great Cambodian feast!
  
  Solution: A359732; Chaul Chnam: The Cambodian New Year
  .

• Clue 6: Now travel to a festival
  
  Of pop, which sadly turned sour
  
  An on-the-scene reporter
  
  Tells the events of the hour.
  
  Solution: A389496; Roskilde 2000 - What happened
  .

• Clue 7: Locking horns with a swan
  
  Or cruising down the Avon?
  
  Sweet singing in the choir
  
  Will get this clue done!
  
  Solution: A376580; My Canal Trip
  .

• Clue 8:Keep a river in mind
  
  As you head across the sea
  
  with Reinhard on his bike
  
  For a Frankish jamboree!
  
  Solution: A437762; A Letter from the Loire, May 1999
  .

• Clue 9: Go due east to celebrate
  
  Another great tradition
  
  Spend time in snow, with warm log fires
  
  And learn of a TV transmission!
  
  Solution: A487145; New Year in Russia
  .

• Clue 10: Take a hike
  
  But wear strong shoes
  
  As we learn of a walk
  
  ... But whose?
  
  Solution: A457850; The Fish River Canyon Part 1
  .

• Clue 11:Castles in the air?
  
  ... no way!
  
  Look for where sculptures
  
  Made someone's day!
  
  Solution: A462160; The Virtual Reinhard: Almere Sand Sculptures
  
  .

• Clue 12:Go south, go south
  
  Way below Cancer
  
  For vehicles to plough with
  
  ... then send in your answer!
  
  Solution: A376508; Antarctic Vehicles
  .

So, by adding all the last numbers of each clue, you should have arrived at a total of 44

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