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Latitude:69.27647
Longitude:-28.89575
GPS location Date/Time:05/06/2012 15:43:29 NDT

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Fun Fact of the Day

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The highest point on Greenland is Gunnbjørn Fjeld at 3,700 m (12,139 ft). The majority of Greenland, however, is less than 1,500 m (4,921 ft) in elevation

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Latitude:69.3381
Longitude:-28.64777
GPS location Date/Time:05/05/2012 14:55:41 NDT

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Fun Fact of the Day

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It was said that when Eric the Red the Viking choose the name “Greenland” to try and attractive Norwegian people to settle there

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Latitude:69.41443
Longitude:-28.3945
GPS location Date/Time:05/04/2012 14:18:03 NDT

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Fun Fact of the Day

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One ocean that reaches the edge of Greenland is the Arctic Ocean and this is the smallest ocean in the world and the North Pole is near the middle of it!

Today’s Activity

Skiers and Climbers

This is a team tag game, the skiers move around as if they were skiing and climbers as if they were climbing (students may provide input on how the climbers move around).  Skiers and climbers try to tag each other, if tagged, a player changes teams.  The goal is to get everyone in the class to become all skiers or climbers.  It is a great cooperative game!

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Latitude:69.47556
Longitude:-28.13177
GPS location Date/Time:05/03/2012 14:35:44 NDT

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Fun Fact of the Day

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The Greenland shark is one of the largest sharks in the world and is the largest arctic fish

Today’s Activity

Louise Arner Boyd – An American explorer of Greenland and the Arctic

Today for Terrific Exploration Thursday we are going to learn a little about another explorer of Greenland, Louise Arner Boyd. In 1931-1938, Louise Arner Boyd lead a series of scientific  expeditions on both the east and north-east coasts of Greenland. In 1933, the American Geographical Society sent Louise and her team back to Greenland to study glaciers, fjords and seas nearby. She then later wrote a book about her 1933 expedition called The Fjord Region of East Greenland. Because of all her explorations in Greenland, an area that was near De Geer Glacier was named after her as Louise Boyd Land!
Louise became known all around the world for her explorations and was known in the newspapers as the “Arctic Diana” and “The Girl Who Tamed the Arctic”.  Another thing that Louise was greatly known for was being the first woman to fly over the North Pole privately in a DC-4 plane in 1955!

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Latitude:69.53822
Longitude:-27.9567
GPS location Date/Time:05/02/2012 13:52:08 NDT

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Fun Fact of the Day

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The Inuit are a group of people who live in the Arctic! Not only do they live Greenland but also in the Northern parts of Canada

Today’s Activity

Having big dreams and knowing you can reach them is important.  Believe in yourself and try your very best every day!  Everyone’s big dream is different and you do not have to have the same dream as your friend next to you, it is what you want to do. TA’s big dream is to climb Mount Everest and she is keeping that dream close to her and not giving up until she reaches the top!  Today for Worldly Writing, write about what your big dream is or what you want to be when you grow up.

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Latitude:69.56031
Longitude:-27.72235
GPS location Date/Time:05/01/2012 15:09:08 NDT

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Latitude:69.56034
Longitude:-27.72211
GPS location Date/Time:04/30/2012 14:37:50 NDT

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Fun Fact of the Day

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The areas that lie by the Arctic Ocean in Greenland are known as the Arctic tundra! And no trees can grow in the tundra because the winters are so long and cold and the summers are cold and short!

Today’s Activity

TA has been to many places all over the world for her expeditions! For your Marvelous Map activity today, do a little research and test out your skills on the website to see if you can figure out all the countries she has been to in her life!
Write back with how many countries you think she has been too and later we’ll get TA to tell you the right answer on an auto post!

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Latitude:69.59995
Longitude:-27.46738
GPS location Date/Time:04/29/2012 16:22:31 NDT

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Fun Fact of the Day

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That early settlers brought husky dogs with them when they moved into Greenland! These dogs help them travel in the winter by helping them pull sleds, also known as dog sledding.

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Latitude:69.65607
Longitude:-27.13663
GPS location Date/Time:04/28/2012 13:58:42 NDT

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Fun Fact of the Day

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That many people explored Greenland! In 1931-1938 an American woman, Louise Arner Boyd studied the land and wildlife of Eastern Greenland! Pretty cool…seeing most Arctic explores in this time were men!

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Latitude:69.65606
Longitude:-27.13666
GPS location Date/Time:04/27/2012 14:51:20 NDT

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Fun Fact of the Day

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Five different species of seals live in the waters surrounding Greenland! Some common seals there are the ringed seal, the harp seal and the hooded seal

 
Today’s Activity

Ski and Climb Adventure Story

This is a great activity that is fun and different every time.  This activity has unlimited potential and possibilities and is completely up to the teacher.  Simply enough, the teacher tells a story as the students move around the classroom or gymnasium acting out all the actions in the story.  For this activity, we will have a ski and climbing theme.  With as much description as possible the teacher will take the students on an entire trip having the students pack their bags with essential items, ski uphill, downhill and across level fields, climb mountains, and climb back down, pull a sled, and set up camp.  This activity can get the students as active as the teacher sees fit and is a great way to teach them things like packing bags, dressing in layers, and setting up camp.

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Latitude:69.70505
Longitude:-26.89993
GPS location Date/Time:04/26/2012 16:22:58 NDT

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Fun Fact of the Day

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The brother and sister duo, Sarah and Eric McNair-Landry snow-kited across 2,414 km of Greenland!

Today’s Activity

Fridtjof Nansen – Explored Greenland in 1888

Today for Terrific Exploration Thursday we are going to learn a little about another historic explorer of Greenland, Fridtjof Nansen.  This Norwegian explorer led a team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888. Nansen and his team were picked up from north-western Iceland and set sail for Greenland. Once they got to Greenland and started their crossing over inland ice, they struggled with many hidden crevasses in the glacier and the weather was usually bad which stop them from moving forward for days. Because of the time it was taking them to cross the ice, Nansen and his team decided to change to a shorter route across Greenland in order to get to the other side in time for their pick up. It took them 78 days in  total since they left their boat to get to Gofthaab. After getting there and finding out that no boat would be at Gofthaab until the following spring, Fridtjof and his team spent 7 months in Greenland hunting, fishing and learning from the locals.

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Latitude:69.75626
Longitude:-26.625
GPS location Date/Time:04/25/2012 14:53:06 NDT

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Fun Fact of the Day

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Because of Greenland’s long winter nights and clear skies, it is one of the best places to see the northern lights!

Today’s Activity

Last Terrific Exploration Thursday (April 19^th) we learnt about Eric the Red who was a Viking and renamed the new land he settled in “Greenland”. If you were an explorer like Eric the Red and found a new land that no one had found before and were to name it after a colour, what would it be?  For today’s writing activity, describe your new found colour land and what things you would see there.  Use your imagination to describe, in detail, your new found land.

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Latitude:69.84703
Longitude:-26.57007
GPS location Date/Time:04/24/2012 10:11:39 NDT

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