Arctic & Antarctic
Title:
Arctic & Antarctic
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
Readers can learn about the Earth's frozen poles, and the human and animal life that thrives at subzero temperatures.
Other Title:
Arctic and Antarctic
Year Published:
2000
Series:
Physical Description:
63 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.
Edition:
1st American ed.
Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
The ends of the earth -- The Arctic and tundra -- The Antarctic -- Life in the Antarctic Ocean -- Migrants and residents -- Adaptable animals -- Survival of the fittest -- Birds of the Arctic -- Birds of the Antarctic -- Hunters of the skies -- Ocean wanderer -- South Pole penguins -- Emperors of the Antarctic -- King of the Arctic -- The mighty moose -- Tundra wildlife -- Reindeer and caribou -- Company of wolves -- The weighty walrus -- Suited to the sea -- Giants of the seas -- A herding life -- Hunters of the north -- Discovering the Arctic -- Scott and the Antarctic -- Keeping warm and safe -- Polar travel -- Life at the poles -- Last frontiers.
Reading Grade level:
4-8
Grade Interest level:
4-8
Subject:
Geographic Term:
Added Author:
ISBN:
9780789466068
Publisher:
London ; New York : DK Pub., c2000.
