Sledge/Huskies
- The lands which are near North and South Poles.
- Arctic and Antarctic are extremely cold through out the year.
- 1909. American, Robert Peary I st man to reach North Pole.
- 1911. Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen reached South Pole.
- Race between Robert Scott (English) died of cold.hunger and exhaustion.
- Amundsen traveled with supplies loaded on Sledges.
- Sledges drawn by sturdy dogs/Huskies.
- Arctic temperature. Below 10 degree Celsius.
- Antarctica minus 70 deg, Celsius 70 degrees below the freezing point of water.
- Freezing point of water.O deg. Celsius.
- Both Regions have Blizzards/ violent snow storms
- Winds blow 300 km per hour.
- Ground -very thick layer of ice. many meters deep.
- Winters are long. Short summers sun does not set at all.
- Land of the Midnight Sun- Northern parts of Sweden and Green land.
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- Arctic Regions.
- North Pole surrounded by Arctic ocean.
- Sea frozen into solid ice.No land.
- Area is called ICE-CAP.
- surface like frozen land.
- There are high mountains of ice and
- Deep pits or CREVASSES.
- 5 countries in this region.
- CANADA, USA(Alaska), NORWAY,GREENLAND (DENMARK)Part of SWEDEN, PART OF FINLAND.
- RMS Titanic (/taɪˈtænɪk/) was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912, after it collided with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.
- Great danger to ships.Ice-bergs ply in the northern parts of Atlantic ocean.
- Many small islands in Arctic ocean. Greenland, Extreme north parts of North America,Europe and Asia.
- TUNDRA regions: further away from the North Pole and the ICE_CAP.
- Winters are very cold- ground covered with snow and ice.
- Short summer,heat of the sun thaws or melts the snow.
- verb
- 3rd person present: thaws
- 1.
- (of ice, snow, or another frozen substance, such as food) become liquid or soft as a result of warming up.
- land visible. no trees grow. only lichens ,mosses and shrubs taking up little warmth from the soil.
- http://www.oddizzi.com/teachers/explore-the-world/physical-features/ecosystems/tundra/
- Wild animals -Tundra region- withstand cold.
- Arctic Hares, wolves, foxes, polar bears, Musk oxen ,reindeer or caribou.
- The reindeer, also known as caribou in North America, is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of northern Europe, Siberia, and North America.
- Smaller furred animals Ermine, otter, sable, beaver,live on the fish found in Arctic ocean,
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- In the Sea. Seals,walruses and whales.
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