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North Pole : explore the extreme environment of the Arctic ; South Pole : explore the extreme environment of the Antarctic / [text] Michael Bright, [illustrations] Nic Jones.

by Bright, Michael.

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Quarto Group, c2020.

North Pole -- Juvenile literature.

South Pole -- Juvenile literature.

Arctic regions -- Juvenile literature.

Antarctica -- Juvenile literature.

Alternate title:

South Pole : explore the extreme environment of the Antarctic

North Pole : explore the extreme environment of the Arctic

31, 32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm.

At head of titles: Pole to pole : a flip book.

"Flip over to examine the South Pole"--Cover.

"Flip over to examine the North Pole"--Back Cover.

Titles from separate title pages; works issued back to back and inverted.

North Pole. What is the Arctic? -- A place of extremes -- Tusked giants -- Arctic seals -- Snow den attack -- Polar bear is king -- Majestic whales -- Life under the ice -- Seabird cities -- Arctic tundra -- People of the Arctic -- Intrepid exploration -- The Arctic in the modern world.

South Pole. What is the Antarctic? -- Mystery lakes and ice chimneys -- A polar desert -- Undersea giants -- Penguin power -- The seal deal -- Ultimate polar predator -- Summer visitors -- Battles in the deep -- Antarctic's flying birds -- Antarctic exploration -- People of the Antarctic -- Island life -- Back from the brink.

Fully-illustrated and with a fun and innovative flip-book format, the book provides the perfect way to explore and compare the extreme environments of the two Poles. Take a trip to the ends of the earth and discover the extreme environments of the North and South Poles. Find out which animals live where, what the weather and climate is like and the effect global warming is having. Beginning with the North Pole, the book introduces the geography and climate of the Arctic. Readers will discover how climate change is affecting sea ice and why multi-year ice is so important to walruses and polar bears. Find out what ice floes are and what lives under the ice. The many uses of the Arctic are explained, from the home it provides to whale hunters to the rocket and missile test sites it houses. And then flip the book over and you arrive in the South Pole... The famous race to reach the pole in 1911 is retold and readers will discover why the orca is the ultimate polar predator. The huge tabular icebergs, sub-glacial lakes, and ice chimneys of the Antarctic are brought to life in all their impressive glory, not to mention the sea spiders, 'death star' starfish and other undersea giants!

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Toy and movable books.

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