1. “Land of the midnight sun”
Arctic weather
“Land of the midnight sun”
The sun shines 24 hours a day in summer

2. Where is the arctic? “the top of the world”
Area all around the North Pole
People have walked there?
But they didn’t walk on land!
So how did they get there?

3. - 30 degrees in winter( October to March)
In total darkness like this

4. Summer 24 hours of sunshine But still only about 0 degrees.
Not warm in summer
We need to be wrapped up
like this 
smiling

5. Icebergs Huge blocks of glaciers stick out into the sea from land.
Water crashing against it makes it break off and float out into the sea.
The tip is seen above the water.
The part under the water
is ?? times bigger
Star for the table that remembers

6. Icebergs Most icebergs in the Arctic have broken off from Greenland.
Have a look at this in your book!
1/10
9/10
What ship sank after hitting an iceberg?

7. Titanic Built in Belfast. What part of Ireland?
Left Cork to go to America
2,228 passengers on board
1, 523 died
705 survived

8. Who lives in the Arctic?
Inuit people live here. We usually call them Eskimos ( this means “eaters of raw meat”)
Food: seals, salmon, cod, whale, Geese in summer and foxes and polar bears in winter
Home: igloo in winter and in summer tents made from seal skin
Clothes: made from animal skins with lots of fur to keep them warm.