Snowden, Maxine. Polar Explorers for Kids: Historic Expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic with 21 Activities.
Chicago Review Press. 150p. illus. maps. bibliog. index. c2004. 1-55652-500-1. $16.95.
Why would an explorer choose to travel to the farthest regions of our world? This activity book discusses the reasons why Erik the Red Erik the Red
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Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin FRGS (April 15, 1786 – June 11, 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer who mapped almost two thirds of the northern , Fridtjof Nansen, Robert Perry Robert Perry (born South Wales) is a television writer. He was script-editor on the BBC soap opera EastEnders, as well as writing for the television series Family Affairs and Is Harry on the Boat?. He has also worked on Emmerdale. , Fredrick Cook, and Gretel Erhlich explored the Arctic; and why Captain James Cook, James Cook, James, 1728–79, English explorer and navigator. The son of a Yorkshire agricultural laborer, he had little formal education. After an apprenticeship to a firm of shipowners at Whitby, he joined (1755) the royal navy and surveyed the St. Clark Ross, Robert Scott, Roald Amundsen, Ernest Shackleton, Admiral Richard E. Byrd, and Bill Green explored Antarctica. Snowden includes 21 activities that help bring the reality of the harsh climates of the Arctic and the Antarctic to the reader.
The research-based activities include an extensive materials list (be sure to stop by your local craft store to locate many of the supplies) and detailed instructions with a few diagrams. Many tie into other content areas (especially language, mathematics, and science). A wide range of illustrations are here, including maps and photographs (especially of wildlife and the landscape). The extensive timeline, as well as the glossary, featured Web sites (for further research), and bibliography, make this activity book a great resource. Jennifer Baldwin, M.S. Teacher, Stella, MO
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