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Editor's note.(North Pole expeditions)(Column)
April 1, 2009... It's frozen land in which just surviving is an effort, but that hasn't stopped people from heading to the Arctic and trying to discover its mysteries. Exactly 100 years ago this month, Robert E. Peary was recognized as the first man to reach the North Pole. Learning from his failures and...
Into the frozen north.
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
The Arctic has challenged explorers for centuries, in part because of its bitter cold and winter darkness. Sixteenth-century European explorers hoped to find a more direct water route to the Far East's profitable markets. Rather than sailing the long southern route...
The Arctic cirle.(Mapping It!)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
illustrated by Courtney Garrity
The Arctic world.(Geographic overview)
April 1, 2009... Although everyone agrees that the Arctic is at the "top" of the globe, its boundaries are not clear. The Arctic consists of a large, ice-covered ocean bordered by North America, Asia, and Europe.
There are several ways to define the Arctic. For some people, the southern edge of this...
Polar opposites.(South Pole and North Pole)(Geographic overview)
April 1, 2009... North Pole, South Pole, it's all the same, right? Not so fast! It's true that both regions are extremely cold and covered in ice, but there are some glaring differences between them. First, the northern polar region is known as the Arctic, and the southern polar region is called the...