Arctic & Antarctic

Summary: Here is an exciting and informative guide to the vast, icy wastes at the ends of the earth. Superb color photographs of snowy mountains and frozen seas, rare animals and plants, and the teeming life on and under the ice offer a unique "eyewitness" view of our planet's polar wildernesses. See a seal with a "trunk" * a bear in a burrow * icebergs bigger than skyscrapers * 200-year-old snow goggles * a pony's snowshoe L...earn about the northern and southern lights * the crushing power of ice * why Amundsen beat Scott to the South Pole * how penguins keep warm * what reindeer eat Discover why layers of clothing retain body heat * which birds are known as "pirates of the air" * which mammals live farthest north * how long a walrus feeds on its mother's milk * whether lemmings commit mass suicide or not and much, much more. [read more]