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    The Bleeding Glacier of Antarctica: Educational Version
    The Bleeding Glacier of Antarctica: Educational Version
    The Bleeding Glacier of Antarctica: Educational Version
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    The Bleeding Glacier of Antarctica: Educational Version

    By Jeannie Meekins

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    McMurdo Dry Valleys, in Antarctica, is one of the world’s cruelest deserts. You may think that a desert is a hot, dry place, full of sand. Science defines a desert as a place that has less than 10 inches (254 millimetres) of rainfall per year. Antarctica has none.
    Even if the snow that falls on the ice sheets melted, it would only result in about two inches (five millimetres) of water per year.
    Wind blows cold air down off the ice sheets and through the valleys at speeds up to 200 miles (320 kilometres) per hour. These winds are called katabatic winds. They suck all the moisture out of the air. Snow and ice evaporates before it can ever settle on the ground. McMurdo Dry Valleys remain ice free in a continent covered by ice sheets and glaciers.
    In the Dry Valleys are a number of ice covered lakes. Some are saltwater. Some are freshwater. Each is different in its composition. Glaciers border the valleys. It is here, in Taylor Valley, that one of the strangest features on Earth has been discovered – a bleeding glacier.

    Find out about this strange, natural phenomenon and what causes it.
    Ages 8 and up.

    Educational versions have Common Core SS activities.

    LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books are appropriate for hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLearningIsland.com
    Release dateOct 3, 2013
    ISBN9781301180523
    The Bleeding Glacier of Antarctica: Educational Version
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    Jeannie Meekins

    Jeannie Meekins is an Australian writer who lives with her children and a couple of cats who think they own the computer. And if her dog could read, he’d be jealous, so it’s lucky that he can’t. Jeannie has also written over 10 books for children, many available through LearningIsland.com

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      The Bleeding Glacier of Antarctica - Jeannie Meekins

      THE BLEEDING GLACIER

      OF ANTARCTICA

      A Strange but True Tale

      By Jeannie Meekins

      A LearningIsland.com

      15 - Minute Book

      We have used many sources to research these facts and they are accurate at time of publishing. The more we explore the wonders of our world, the more information we are discovering.

      Editor: Jennifer Robinson

      All pictures by National Science Foundation unless otherwise noted

      Smashwords Edition

      (c) Copyright 2013 Jeannie Meekins. All rights reserved.

      Published by LearningIsland.com.

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, please purchase your own copy from any of several online e-book stores. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      The Bleeding Glacier of Antarctica / Jeannie Meekins

      Summary: A brief look at the mysterious Bleeding Glacier of Antarctica.

      1. Glacier. Juvenile Literature. 2. Antarctica. Juvenile Literature.

      Words: 1580

      Reading Level: 6.6

      Ages 9 and up.

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      THE BLEEDING GLACIER

      OF ANTARCTICA

      McMurdo Dry Valleys, in Antarctica, is one of the world’s cruelest deserts. You may think that a desert is a hot, dry place, full of sand. Science defines a desert as a place that has less than 10 inches (254 millimetres) of rainfall per year. Antarctica has none.

      Even if the snow that falls on the ice sheets melted, it would only result in about two inches (five millimetres) of water per year.

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