The Cold Places

The Arctic is a polar region.It surrounds the North Pole.

Like Antarctica,the Arctic is a land of ice and snow.Antarctica holds therecord for a low temperature reading-125 degrees

Fahrenheit belowzero.Reading of 85 degrees below zero is common in both the Arcticand Antarctica.Winter temperatures average 30 degrees below zero in the Arctic .At

the South Pole thewinter average is about 73 degrees below zero.

One thing alonemakes it almost impossible for men to live in Antarcticaand in parts of the Arctic .This one thing is the low temperature-the killingchill of far North and the

polar South.

To survive,men mustwear the warmest possible clothing.They must build windproof shelters .Theymust keep heaters going at all times.Not ever for a moment can they be

unprotected againstthe below-zero temperatures.

Men have a way ofproviding for themselves.Polar explorers wrap themselves in warm coats and furs.The cold makes life difficult.But the explorers can stay alive.

What aboutanimals?Can they survive?Do we find plants?Do we find life in the Arctic and inAntarctica?Yes,we do.There is life in theoceans.There is life on land.

Antarctica,aswe have seen,is a cold place indeed.But this has not always been the case.

Expeditionscientists have discovered that Antarctica has not always been a frozencontinent.At one time the weather in Antarcticamay have much like our own.

Explorers havediscovered coal in Antarctica.This leads them to believe that Antarcticaat one time was a land of swamps and forests.Heat and moisture must have keptthe

trees in the forestsalive.At one time,theweather in Antarctica was so warm and dampthat trees grew there.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned