First Children Encyclopedia

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Who was the first person to reach the North Pole?


The Arctic


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Arctic people


Arctic people live in the icy lands


around the Arctic Ocean. The


weather is too cold for growing


crops, so Arctic people get all their


food from animals. They survive


by fishing, herding reindeer, and


hunting seals and whales.


The Arctic

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At the top of the world is the North


Pole, and around this is an area


called the Arctic. The Arctic is mostly


ocean. In its centre is a gigantic lump


of floating ice that never completely


melts. Further out are the northern


tips of the continents and the huge


island of Greenland.


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An imaginary line called
the Arctic Circle marks
the outer edge of the
Arctic region.

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