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  • Wilderness survival -- Polar regions -- Juvenile literature.
     
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  • Ecology -- Polar regions -- Juvenile literature.
     
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  • Polar regions -- Climate -- Juvenile literature.
     
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    Survivor's science at the polar regions / Peter D. Riley.
    by Riley, Peter D.
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    Chicago, IL : Raintree, c2005.
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  • Wilderness survival -- Polar regions -- Juvenile literature.
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  • Ecology -- Polar regions -- Juvenile literature.
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  • Polar regions -- Climate -- Juvenile literature.
  • Electronic Resourcehttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip045/2003012730.html
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    1410902285 (lib. bdg.)
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    Riley, Peter D. Survivor's science.
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    48 p. : col. ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
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    The polar regions -- Why the polar regions are so cold -- Comparing the reflection of heat -- Weather conditions in the polar regions -- Clothes for the polar regions -- Which type of material keeps in most heat? -- Summer and winter at the poles -- Light and dark at the poles -- Ice in the arctic -- How fast do wet clothes cool down a body? -- From snow to iceberg -- Ice in the antarctic -- The tundra -- How much does freezing affect rock? -- Polar plants -- Does temperature affect germination? -- Travelling in the polar regions -- Which material would be best for use on skis? -- Finding the way -- Can you find north and south? -- Shelter -- Food -- Testing foods for fat -- Water -- Polar animals -- Comparing how large and small animals lose heat -- Rescue -- Sending messages by light.
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    Describes the two polar regions, explains why people go to the polar regions, and shows what to do to survive in an emergency in a polar region.
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