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First published in 2006 by Red Rocket Readers, an imprint of Flying Start Books Ltd.

Reprinted 2007, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018.

13/45 Karepiro Drive, Auckland 0932, New Zealand.

story John Lockyer

Printed in New Zealand

Photographs on pages 6, 8, and 14 supplied by iStock Photo

All other photographs supplied by Jupiter Unlimited

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Word Count = 495

The Arctic and Antarctica are the wildest places on Earth.

After millions of years, they have hardly changed.

In the oceans, there are huge icebergs and tiny sea creatures.

On the ice, there are polar bears, penguins and people.

The Arctic and the Antarctic are important, special places.

Would you like to go there?

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Use Table of Contents to locate specific information.

Refer to Glossary to clarify basic concepts.

Understand use of parentheses.

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ISBN 978-1-776853-74-8

written by John Lockyer

Contents Page

Arctic and Antarctic 2

North Pole and South Pole 3

Summer and winter 4-5

Icebergs 6-7

Arctic animals 8-9

Polar bears 10-11

Emperor penguins 12-13

The Inuit 14

Scientists 15

Ice deserts 16

Arctic or Antarctic?

The Arctic and the Antarctic both have ice ,

mountains , blizzards , and wild oceans . They are

the two coldest places on Earth , but they are

different from each other .

The Arctic is at the top of the world , and the

Antarctic , ( which is called Antarctica) , is at the

bottom of the world . The North Pole is at the

middle of the Arctic and the South Pole is at

the middle of Antarctica .

The Arctic is an ocean covered with ice and surrounded

by land . Antarctica is land that is covered with ice and

surrounded by oceans . When it is winter in the Arctic ,

it is summer in Antarctica .

Both places have long , freezing winters when the sun

doesnt shine at all . But in the summer , the sun shines

all day and all night . The sunlight is so bright that

people must wear sunglasses , even at midnight !

Arctic summer

Icebergs are large blocks of ice that float in the

sea . They are made from fresh water because they

come from frozen rivers called glaciers .

The biggest part of an iceberg is under the water .

They are different sizes and different shapes .

Sometimes they are called ice islands , because they

can be as big as enormous buildings .

icebergs

From the Arctic , some icebergs float away to the

south , where they can become a danger to ships .

Antarctica has huge icebergs that look like big ,

square blocks . There are also old , rounded icebergs

that have turned over in the water .

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Arctic foxes , wolves , and hares have white fur

that matches the snow in winter . In summer ,

when the ice melts , their fur turns brown like

the land . Large herds of reindeer , (which are

also called caribou) , live in the Arctic , too .

arctic fox

Polar bears live only in the Arctic along the

shores and on the sea ice . They hunt for seals

by waiting for them to come up at holes in the

ice . They are fast runners and good swimmers .

polar bears

Their thick white fur has hollow hairs that

trap warm air close to the polar bears body .

Their huge paws are furry and rough to stop

them slipping on the ice and snow .

Emperor penguins live only in Antarctica , where they

live on the ice and feed on fish in the sea . Their thick

waterproof feathers help to keep them warm . For extra

warmth , they huddle together to keep out the cold air .

Antarctica is much colder than the Arctic . The

only animals that can survive there are seabirds ,

seals , whales , and tiny insects called midges .

emperor penguins

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