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一125 degrees Fahrenheit below zero.Reading of 85 degrees

below zero is commonin both the Arctic and Antarctica. Wintertemperatures average 30 degrees below zero in the Arctic.At the South Pole the winter average is about 73

degrees below zero.

One thing alonemakes it almost impossible for men to live in Antarctica and in parts of theArctic.This one thing is the low temperature一the killing chill 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 even 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 andfurs.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.Expedition scientists have discovered that Antarcticahas not always been a frozen

continent. At onetime the weather in Antarctica may have muchlike our own.

Explorers havediscovered coal in Antarctica. This leads themto believe that Antarctica at one time was aland of swamps and forests.Heat and moisture must have kept the

trees in the forestsalive.Wintertemperatures average 85 degrees below zero in Antarctica.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned