Seven Natural Wonders of the Arctic, Antarctica, and the OceansLooks at seven natural wonders, including the Bay of Fundy, the Great Barrier Reef, and the Mariana Trench. |
Contents
Introduction | 4 |
1 Mariana Trench | 6 |
2 The Gulf Stream | 16 |
3 Hydrothermal Vents | 24 |
4 The Great Barrier Reef | 32 |
5 Bay of Fundy | 42 |
6 North Pole | 52 |
7 South Pole | 62 |
Choose an Eighth Wonder | 73 |
Glossary and Pronunciation Guide | 74 |
Source Notes | 75 |
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Back Flap | 81 |
Back Cover | 82 |
Common terms and phrases
algae Alvin anglerfish Antarctic Antarctica Arctic Ocean ATLANTIC OCEAN Barrier Reef Bay of Fundy bay's Benjamin Franklin black smoker boats bottom Canada Challenger Deep climate coast cold continent Coral reefs covered creatures dark deep ocean discovered dive Don Walsh Earth's surface environment expedition explorers extreme feet fish float global warming Gulf Stream high tide hydrothermal vent ice sheets land latitude live low tide Mariana Islands Mariana Trench meteorites microbes miles moon moon's pull north magnetic pole North Pole Northern Hemisphere Northwest Passage Norwegian ocean currents ocean floor Ocean water oceanographers PACIFIC OCEAN Palmer Peninsula Peary plate of rock point on Earth polar polyps reach rise river Roald Amundsen rotates sail sea ice sea level seafloor September 16 Seven Natural Wonders Seven Wonders ship shore shrimp snow South Pole SOUTHERN OCEAN submersible vehicle temperatures thermohaline circulation tides happen underwater whales wind winter