Vocabulary
What's the Idea?
About the Author
Life in Antarctica
What a Suprise!
100
Something that lifts up or hoists...
What is "heaves"?
100
It is the main idea from the first journal entry on November 17th...
What is that the trip to Antarctica had many exciting things to see?
100
It is the most likely reason that the author made the trip to Antarctica.
What is to learn about a unique environment?
100
If the boat had not stopped to give the "right of way" to the whales, the whales probably would have...
What is become injured by the boat?
100
If "ology" means "study of", this term would mean the study of glaciers.
What is glaciology?
200
With great expectation...
What is "anticipation"?
200
It is the most likely reason that the author mentioned the moss in Antarctica.
What is to show how delicate Antarctica is?
200
Because the sun kept her awake all night, the author stated that she got this....
What is the "big eye"?
200
It is how blue whales and krill are different.
What is that blue whales are the largest animal on Earth, but krill is one of the smallest animals?
200
The author compared an iceberg after it collides with a bigger one to this.
What is a dying rhinoceros?
300
A "joining" together of two things...
What is "convergence"?
300
The author had to be taught how to walk on open ground in Antarctica for fear this might happen.
What is she might scuff or rip out the moss with her boot?
300
This happened to the author on December 24th just after she noticed the glowing sky.
What is she fell through a crack in the ice?
300
The boats stayed away from the icebergs for this reason.
What is because they are dangerous?
300
The author probably did this to make sure that the penguin egg did not get broken on the trip home.
What is put clothing around the egg in her suitcase?
400
A look that might be considered "threatening" is also called this.
What is "forbidding"?
400
It is the reason that the visitors to Antarctica were told to wear their sunscreen at all times.
What is because the sun never sets there and reflects off all the ice and snow?
400
The picture and the text description of the author's room at Palmer Station showed this...
What is that the room was small and could only be shared by two people?
400
We can generalize that the environment of Antarctica is dangerous and ....
What is harsh?
400
Because she wanted to have something special to remember her journey, but did not want to harm any living thing, the author took this home.
What is a penguin egg that would never hatch?
500
Masses of ice that float in the ocean are called this...
What are "icebergs"?
500
It is what the author meant when she stated that the airline people "eyed me funny" on her return trip home.
What is that they looked at her in an odd or suspicious way?
500
In the beginning of the story, the author was different from the woman traveling to San Antonio in this way.
What is that the author was going a lot farther and with less luggage?
500
Most visitors to Antarctica stayed at this insulated building that can comfortably house fifty people.
What is Palmer Station?
500
The author concluded that krill alone have no taste because this happened after they had cooked it.
What is that it only tasted like the butter and garlic that they had cooked the with the krill?
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