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Enter the faraway world of the Earth's frozen poles and learn about amazing human and animal life that thrives at subzero temperatures--from a 4,000-year-old Eskimo tribe to king penguins, who dive deep into frigid seas filled with icebergs the size of Massachusetts.
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School Library Journal Review
Gr 4-8Generalized, broad overviews whose strength lies in the scope and quality of the illustrative material. The texts are serviceable, written in a dry, but evenhanded style. Much is explained in the captions to the museum-quality, full-color photographs and reproductions. Small inaccuracies in North American Indian include identifying Sitting Bull as a Teton Dakota; he was a Hunkpapa Lakota. Readers are told that ``Sioux'' came from the Ojibwa word for ``enemy,'' but in fact it came from the word for ``little rattlesnake,'' a derogatory term similar to ``cut-throat.'' More comprehensive titles, such as Carl Waldman's Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes (Facts on File, 1987), are preferable. Arctic & Antarctic has spectacular photographs and diagrams to explain ice formations; tundra; and plant, sea, and wildlife of each region. Human life is discussed in spreads on native cultures and explorers. Sections pair up information about each pole, allowing for comparisons. This organizational method makes it challenging to isolate conditions unique to each place. A common, but flawed emphasis is given to Scott's failed attempt to be first to the South Pole; the brilliant and successful South Pole discovery by Amundsen receives a small side caption. Nevertheless, this is still an attractive title.Jacqueline Elsner, Athens Regional Library, GA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
The integration of text and color photographs emphasizes the biology of the regions, highlighting plant, animal, and human adaptation to the harsh environments. Pages devoted to human activity take a European-American viewpoint, describing in an anthropological manner the native peoples of the regions and using such words as 'discovery' rather than 'exploration'. Ind. From HORN BOOK 1995, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
[SERIES LAST REVIEWED IN BKL J 1 90, under Parker, Steve. Gr. 4^-9.]
Table of Contents
| The ends of the earth | p. 6 |
| The Arctic and tundra | p. 8 |
| The Antarctic | p. 10 |
| Life in the Antarctic Ocean | p. 12 |
| Migrants and residents | p. 14 |
| Adaptable animals | p. 16 |
| Survival of the fittest | p. 18 |
| Birds of the Arctic | p. 20 |
| Birds of the Antarctic | p. 22 |
| Hunters of the skies | p. 24 |
| Ocean wanderer | p. 26 |
| South Pole penguins | p. 28 |
| Emperors of the Antarctic | p. 30 |
| King of the Arctic | p. 32 |
| The mighty moose | p. 34 |
| Tundra wildlife | p. 36 |
| Reindeer and caribou | p. 38 |
| Company of wolves | p. 40 |
| The weighty walrus | p. 42 |
| Suited to the sea | p. 44 |
| Giants of the seas | p. 46 |
| A herding life | p. 48 |
| Hunters of the north | p. 50 |
| Discovering the Arctic | p. 52 |
| Scott and the Antarctic | p. 54 |
| Keeping warm and safe | p. 56 |
| Polar travel | p. 58 |
| Life at the poles | p. 60 |
| Last frontiers | p. 62 |
| Index | p. 64 |
