7th Grade

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7th Grade Booktalks Spring 2007
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Ice Story by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel Shipwreck at
the Bottom of the World by Jennifer
Armstrong Arctic Explorer, the story of Matthew
Henson by Jeri Ferris After the Last Dog Died
by Carmen Bredeson Blizzard! by Jim
Murphy Mount Everest by Jill Kalz Buried in Ice
by Owen Beattie and John Geiger Penguins by
Sandra Markle
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Antarctica the Most Inhospitable Place on Earth
Antarctica, comprising 10 of the Earth's land
surface, is 58 times larger than the UK. However,
when the surrounding ocean freezes in winter, the
size of the continent is doubled. Ice covers 98
of Antarctica and extends to a known depth of
4,775 metres (15,665 feet). The ice is so thick
that whole mountain ranges are hidden by it.
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OK, math genuises heres a problem for you
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http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/1914/odyss
eyqt.html
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1 August 8th 1914 - Endurance sails from
Plymouth 2 Dec. 5th Shackleton and his crew
leave South Georgia 3 Ship first encounters ice
pack 4 Endurance crosses the Antarctic Circle 5
Jan 18th 1915 - Ship trapped in ice in Weddell
sea - continues to drift north 6 Oct 27 1915
Ship is abandoned - Crew sets up camp on the ice
Oct 30 start march for land, but abort mission
Ship is crushed
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November 21st the Endurance sinks 8 April 1916
Ice breaks up and crew takes to 3 small
lifeboats 9 April 15 crew lands on Elephant
Island April 24 Shackleton and 5 other men
leave for South Georgia, though the Falkland
Islands are 300 miles closer to the crew. page
62, 72 10 May 10th 1916 James Caird lands on
South Georgia p. 86,87
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http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/surviving/
danger.html
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http//www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica20fact20
file/History/Ernest_Shackleton_pictures.htm
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Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World
ELMO Page 96 97 Page 110
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After the Last Dog Died
Page 11 19 30 40, 41
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Buried in Ice
by Owen Beattie and John Geiger
The Northwest Passage did not exist, and so
could not be discovered, until Europeans invented
it. Ken McGoogan
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PAGE 16 IN BURIED IN ICE
ENGLAND
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Elmo (((page 16))) ICEBOUND EREBUS IN THE
ARCTIC PAGE 34
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If you dont want to be grossed out, turn your
head and cover your eyes!!!
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Elmo Pages 8, 9 41 53 54, 55 56, 57 58, 59, 63
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