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Imagine planning an expedition to Mars today. What
8 would you wear? What would you eat? How would you travel
19 on Mars’s surface? In 1900 the North and South Poles were
29 almost as alien to explorers as Mars is to us today. Because
41 the Poles are the farthest points from the sun all year long,
53 they don’t receive its warmth and strong light. Each has an
64 extremely cold, dry climate. They are places of ice and snow.
75 The North and South Poles are similar. But they have
85 differences, too. The North Pole is surrounded by water. In
95 winter it is frozen solid, but in summer the ice breaks up. The
108 South Pole is land. It’s a continent called Antarctica that has
119 mountains, valleys, and plains. When it is summer on the
129 North Pole, it is winter at the South Pole. They are as far
142 from each other as it is possible to be on Earth.
153 Both places have little food or shelter. There are no trees.
164 It is bitterly cold. 168
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1. How are the North and South Poles alike and different? Compare and
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2. Why are the Poles the coldest places on Earth? Main Idea and Details
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Spirit of Endurance
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