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The
Polar regions are near
the North Pole and the South Pole.
Polar regions are very
cold. They are covered in snow and ice. Some
ice is 3000 metres thick.
The sun is low in the
sky. Polar regions have 6 months of daylight and 6
months of darkness.
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The temperature is usually
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Northern
Europe, Asia and North America are polar
regions.
The people in Alaska,
Greenland and Siberia are called Inuits.
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Polar Bears
live around the North Pole. |
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Antarctica
is around the South Pole. It is very cold
here. The temperature was -88°C once!
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No people live here all
the time. Scientists work here. They live
underground.
Penguins live in
Antarctica.
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