These pictures of this hat remind me of winter, and in winter you sled. So then that reminded me of the dog sledding races.
Some facts are...
Where did dog sledding start
-Dog sledding was in many places all over the world and on every website I checked it said a different place every time.
When did dog sledding start?
- it is said to have started around the 1400's
What were the first inuit dog sleds made out of
-the sled was made of frozen fish split in half and laid end to end, the wrapped in seal hide which were wrapped up in more seal hide. These two runners were then held together by bones or antlers. The layer between the runner and the snow was a bunch of mud glazed together with water.
What are they made of no.
-lumber held together and bound by sealskin The layer between the runner and the snow is a special type or very hard plastic
These 3 penguin pictures reminded me of Santa. Santa lives in the north Pole, so some facts about north pole are...
Where is it located
-its located on the northern most place of the earth and located directly on the opposite of the south pole.
What else is it known as
-the north pole has some different names such as geographic north pole and also terrestrial north pole.
Differences between the south and north pole
-the north pole is one large block of ice resting on a sea of shifting ice where the south pole is on an actual land mass
Some other facts about the north pole are
-its very impractical to build a building because of the shifting ice
-the sea depth has been measured at 4,261 meters by the Russian Mir submersible and then measured 4,037 meters by the USS Nautilus.
-the nearest land is an island off of greenland which is called the Kaffeklubben Island and is about 700 km away from the north pole
(4,261 m = 13,980 ft) (4,037 m = 13,410 ft) (700 km = 430 mi.)
When I saw this feather hanging up in the room it reminded me of Indians.
What's the definitions of Indians
-A member of any of the indigenous peoples of North, Central, and South America, esp. those of North America.
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-A member of any of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Where did they live
-Native Americans lived in america before anyone else had then the British came and took over
What did they eat/drink
-Indians ate wild game which they hunted, such as deer and buffalo for their meats, and they would grow their veggies, like corn.
-they would drink the water that they would gather from a stream that is usually not far from where they set up camp
What were some weapons used to hunt
-the Native Americans would mainly use bows and arrows when they hunt.
What were the different tribal names for native Americans in the north east?
-North East-
-Abenaki - Acquintanacsnak -Algonkin -Algonquian Family -Arosaguntacook -Atquanachuke - Beothuk Family -Brotherton -Chickahominy -Conestoga -Delaware -Erie -Fox - Hathawekela (Absentee Shawnee) -Huron -Illinois -Iroquois -Kickapoo -Manhattan -Mahican -Malecite -Marameg -Martha's Vineyard Indians -Mascouten -Mashpee -Maskegon -Massachuset -Matinecoc -Mattabesic -Meits -Metoac -Miami -Mohawk -Mohegan -Moravians -Munsee -Nanticoke -Narragansett -Nauset -Neutrals -Niantic -Nipissing -Nipmuc -Ojibwe onondaga -Ontonagon -Passamaquoddy -Pennacook -Penobscot -Pequawket -Pequot -Piankashaw -Pocomtic -Poosepatuck -Potawatomi -Powhatan -Saconnet -Saluda -Saponi -Sauk -Seneca -Shawnee -Shinnecock -Susquehanna -Tionontati -Tutelo -Tunxis -Unalachtigo -Unami -Wampanoag -Wappinger -Weanoc -Wenrohronon
Penguins lost the ability to fly millions of years ago, but their powerful fins and streamlined bodies make them very good swimmers. They are the fastest swimming and deepest diving species of any birds.
