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World Book, c2011.

Ice -- Juvenile literature.

Cold -- Juvenile literature.

Natural history -- Juvenile literature.

Explorers -- Arctic regions -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Explorers -- Antarctica -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Alpine regions -- Juvenile literature.

Polar regions -- Juvenile literature.

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64 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Includes index.

Introducing icy worlds -- The polar regions -- High, icy places -- Ice that comes and goes -- Ice Ages -- Glaciers -- Sea ice -- Icebergs -- Lands and seas of the Arctic -- Arctic explorers -- Plant life of the Arctic -- Animal life of the Arctic -- People of the Arctic -- Arctic warming -- Land and seas of Antarctica -- Ice shelves -- Antarctic explorers -- Is Antarctica a country? -- Living things in Antarctica -- Scientific stations -- Warming in Antarctica -- Environmental threats to polar regions -- Using -- and sharing -- Earth's icy worlds -- Windows into the past -- Ice on other worlds -- Glossary.

An introduction to regions with cold climates, including Earth's polar regions and high-elevation mountain regions, with information about the animals, plants, and people that live there and the explorers who first described these areas. Features include fact boxes, illustrations, period photographs, a glossary, and a list of recommended books and websites.

World Book, Inc.

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