The Arctic and Antarctic
In our options lessons we are exploring the geography and natural history of the Arctic and the Antarctic .
The two websites below have lots of information, images and videos to help you learn more about both continents .
There are also lots of fun learning activities to try - we've included links to two of them to get you started .
You can find lots of different activities to try out on these websites .
This activity helps you to imagine what live is like live in the Arctic .
This activity explains how animals adapt to living in extreme weather conditions .
How do they walk in snow and on ice ?
Here are some more short videos to watch .
Would you like to live in the coldest places on Earth ?
If you could be an Arctic or Antarctic animal which would it be ?
Famous Polar Explorers
Ernest Shackleton and Captain Robert Falcon Scott were both famous British Polar Explorers in the early 20th Century
Even though it is over a hundred years since they led their expeditions to Antarctica their base camps still stand and you can use the links to the right to explore them .
Can you imagine what it would have been like to be a member of their expedition ? Would you have made a good explorer ?
Captain Scott's Hut in the Antarctica
Ernest Shackelton's Base Camp in Antarctica