Poles Apart (English Class)

Our earth have two poles. If we learn this poles, we will get many surprise. This poles are Antarctica and Arctic. The name Antarctica was coined to mean “opposite“ to the Arctic. Antarctica is the coldest in the world. It is about 30 degrees colder than the Arctic. At the American South Pole Station, winter temperatures sometimes fall below -100 degrees Fahrenheit. It has animals and plants difference, because the climatic is also different. In the Arctic there are many plants, for example mosses, lichens, and algae. For animals, example, foxes, bears, reindeer and lemmings. In the Antarctica there are famous animal that penguins. The icecap is very thick, averaging nearly 8000 feet. If this great volume of ice were to melt, the volume of sea will increase and can changes the climate.