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1、Expedition 60:The SubarcticA Reading AZ Level R Leveled BookWord Count:854Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.www.readinga-Written by Celeste FraserLEVELED BOOK RExpedition 60:The SubarcticWritten by Celeste Fraserwww.readinga-Expedition 60:The SubarcticLevel R Leveled Book Lear

2、ning AZWritten by Celeste FraserAll rights reserved.www.readinga-CorrelationLEVEL RN3030Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAPhoto Credits:Front cover,pages 6,12:Accent A cover:B&C Alexander/ArcticPhoto;title page,page 5:Alaska Stock Images/National Geographic Stock;page 3:Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Images;pag

3、e 7:Patrick Endres/Alaska Stock;page 8:Paul Thompson/PhotoLibrary;page 9(top):ImageState/Alamy;page 9(bottom):Nils Johan Norenlind/Nordic Photo/PhotoLibrary;page 10:Tatiana Savvateeva/D;page 11:Lenalir/D;page 13:Cliff Riedinger/Alaska Stock;pages 14,15:Alaska Stock LLC/AlamyFront cover:The northern

4、lights dance in the sky over a cabin near Fairbanks,Alaska.Back cover:A young Sami girl leads a group of sled reindeer in northern Norway.Title page:A cow moose stands in Wonder Lake in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska.Expedition 60:The SubarcticTeachers note:This book is part of the Trip

5、 on a Latitude Line series of books on geography and exploration.Expedition 60:The Subarctic Level R1516Summing Up Your TripI hope you enjoyed our summer trip to 60 degrees north latitude.The temperatures were warm,and the days were long.Thats because the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun

6、 during summer,which extends the time between sunrise and sunset.The four countries you visited on this trip have very different cultures.But in each location,people celebrate the summer solstice,the day of the year with the most sunlight.Glossaryaurora the northern lights,caused borealis(n.)by char

7、ged particles being pulled into Earths atmosphere by Earths magnetic field(p.14)canals(n.)waterways dug across land that are used for transportation or irrigation(p.11)hemisphere half of the Earth,divided north and(n.)south by the equator or east and west through the poles(p.4)inlet(n.)a narrow stri

8、p of water that leads from a body of water into land(p.7)latitude(n.)distance in degrees north or south of the equator(p.4)solstice(n.)either of the two times of the year when the Sun is farthest from the equator(p.6)IndexAnchorage,Alaska,67Arctic Circle,4aurora australis,14aurora borealis,14Baltic

9、Sea,10Cook Inlet,7Finsky Bay,11Goldpanners,7Gulf of Alaska,7Helsinki,Finland,10Midnight Sun Festival,7Neva River,11Oslo,Norway,8permafrost,13Peter the Great,11St.Petersburg,Russia,11subarctic,4taiga,5summer solstice,6,15Vikings,9winter solstice,12Native people and visitors enjoy a blanket toss in Ko

10、tzebue,Alaska.Written by Celeste Fraserwww.readinga-Expedition 60:The SubarcticLevel R Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Celeste FraserAll rights reserved.www.readinga-CorrelationLEVEL RN3030Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAPhoto Credits:Front cover,pages 6,12:Accent A cover:B&C Alexander/ArcticPh

11、oto;title page,page 5:Alaska Stock Images/National Geographic Stock;page 3:Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Images;page 7:Patrick Endres/Alaska Stock;page 8:Paul Thompson/PhotoLibrary;page 9(top):ImageState/Alamy;page 9(bottom):Nils Johan Norenlind/Nordic Photo/PhotoLibrary;page 10:Tatiana Savvateeva/D;page 11:Le

12、nalir/D;page 13:Cliff Riedinger/Alaska Stock;pages 14,15:Alaska Stock LLC/AlamyFront cover:The northern lights dance in the sky over a cabin near Fairbanks,Alaska.Back cover:A young Sami girl leads a group of sled reindeer in northern Norway.Title page:A cow moose stands in Wonder Lake in Denali Nat

13、ional Park and Preserve in Alaska.Expedition 60:The SubarcticTeachers note:This book is part of the Trip on a Latitude Line series of books on geography and exploration.Expedition 60:The Subarctic Level R1516Summing Up Your TripI hope you enjoyed our summer trip to 60 degrees north latitude.The temp

14、eratures were warm,and the days were long.Thats because the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun during summer,which extends the time between sunrise and sunset.The four countries you visited on this trip have very different cultures.But in each location,people celebrate the summer solstice,

15、the day of the year with the most sunlight.Glossaryaurora the northern lights,caused borealis(n.)by charged particles being pulled into Earths atmosphere by Earths magnetic field(p.14)canals(n.)waterways dug across land that are used for transportation or irrigation(p.11)hemisphere half of the Earth

16、,divided north and(n.)south by the equator or east and west through the poles(p.4)inlet(n.)a narrow strip of water that leads from a body of water into land(p.7)latitude(n.)distance in degrees north or south of the equator(p.4)solstice(n.)either of the two times of the year when the Sun is farthest

17、from the equator(p.6)IndexAnchorage,Alaska,67Arctic Circle,4aurora australis,14aurora borealis,14Baltic Sea,10Cook Inlet,7Finsky Bay,11Goldpanners,7Gulf of Alaska,7Helsinki,Finland,10Midnight Sun Festival,7Neva River,11Oslo,Norway,8permafrost,13Peter the Great,11St.Petersburg,Russia,11subarctic,4tai

18、ga,5summer solstice,6,15Vikings,9winter solstice,12Native people and visitors enjoy a blanket toss in Kotzebue,Alaska.Expedition 60:The Subarctic Level R1314Because they are all near large bodies of water,the four cities you visited are still much warmer in winter than towns located farther inland.A

19、way from the coasts,winter high temperatures average only about 5 degrees Fahrenheit at this latitude.Winters are so long and cold that,in some places,the ground never completely thaws during the short summers,resulting in permafrost.Permafrost makes construction of roads and buildings very difficul

20、t.One nice thing about visiting the subarctic region during the winter months is that you can sometimes see the aurora borealis,or northern lights.These natural displays of light in the evening skies are caused by powerful electrical discharges high in the atmosphere.In southern latitudes,this displ

21、ay is known as the aurora australis.The northern lights brighten the night sky.These telephone poles are tilting because the permafrost beneath them is melting.Expedition 60:The Subarctic Level R34Table of ContentsIntroducing 60 Degrees North.4Subarctic Safari.5Anchorage,Alaska.6Oslo,Norway.8Helsink

22、i,Finland.10St.Petersburg,Russia.11The Same Trip in Winter.12Summing Up Your Trip.15Glossary.16Index.16Introducing 60 Degrees NorthWelcome aboard for a flight around the world at 60 degrees north latitude.Well be traveling over the subarctic region,the area south of the Arctic Circle.The subarctic i

23、s known for its long,cold winters and its short,cool summers.Unlike our previous trips,this trip wont include a visit to the same latitude line in the Southern Hemisphere.Thats because at 60 degrees south latitude,there are no airportsbecause there is no land!EUROPEAFRICASOUTH AMERICANORTH AMERICAAS

24、IAAUSTRALIAEquatorAnchorage,AlaskaSt.Petersburg,Russia6060NORTHLATITUDEARCTIC CIRCLESOUTHLATITUDEOslo,NorwayHelsinki,FinlandANTARCTICAAt 60 degrees north latitude,the summers are short,and the winters are cold.Can you find where the labeled locations are mentioned in this book?Girls try out new wint

25、er boots at a boot factory near St.Petersburg,Russia.Expedition 60:The Subarctic Level R34Table of ContentsIntroducing 60 Degrees North.4Subarctic Safari.5Anchorage,Alaska.6Oslo,Norway.8Helsinki,Finland.10St.Petersburg,Russia.11The Same Trip in Winter.12Summing Up Your Trip.15Glossary.16Index.16Intr

26、oducing 60 Degrees NorthWelcome aboard for a flight around the world at 60 degrees north latitude.Well be traveling over the subarctic region,the area south of the Arctic Circle.The subarctic is known for its long,cold winters and its short,cool summers.Unlike our previous trips,this trip wont inclu

27、de a visit to the same latitude line in the Southern Hemisphere.Thats because at 60 degrees south latitude,there are no airportsbecause there is no land!EUROPEAFRICASOUTH AMERICANORTH AMERICAASIAAUSTRALIAEquatorAnchorage,AlaskaSt.Petersburg,Russia6060NORTHLATITUDEARCTIC CIRCLESOUTHLATITUDEOslo,Norwa

28、yHelsinki,FinlandANTARCTICAAt 60 degrees north latitude,the summers are short,and the winters are cold.Can you find where the labeled locations are mentioned in this book?Girls try out new winter boots at a boot factory near St.Petersburg,Russia.Expedition 60:The Subarctic Level R1314Because they ar

29、e all near large bodies of water,the four cities you visited are still much warmer in winter than towns located farther inland.Away from the coasts,winter high temperatures average only about 5 degrees Fahrenheit at this latitude.Winters are so long and cold that,in some places,the ground never comp

30、letely thaws during the short summers,resulting in permafrost.Permafrost makes construction of roads and buildings very difficult.One nice thing about visiting the subarctic region during the winter months is that you can sometimes see the aurora borealis,or northern lights.These natural displays of

31、 light in the evening skies are caused by powerful electrical discharges high in the atmosphere.In southern latitudes,this display is known as the aurora australis.The northern lights brighten the night sky.These telephone poles are tilting because the permafrost beneath them is melting.Expedition 6

32、0:The Subarctic Level R1112St.Petersburg,RussiaWe fly east to St.Petersburg,a city of natural and human-made canals.It was founded by Peter the Great,a Russian czar,or ruler,in the 1700s.The land that spans the banks of the Neva River and Finsky Bay was originally swampy,but Peter the Great changed

33、all that.He had canals built and the swampy areas filled in with soil.In June,people celebrate White Nights by taking all-night walks along the citys canals and many drawbridges.The Same Trip in WinterIf you were to travel to these same cities on the winter solstice(December 21 in the Northern Hemis

34、phere),you would experience very different conditions.The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year.At that time of year,places along this latitude get only about five hours of daylight per day,and its dark and cold.High temperatures in coastal cities are in the 20s(Fahrenheit).St.Petersburg i

35、s sometimes called the“Venice of the North”because of its many beautiful canals.Traveling by dogsled in Anchorage,AlaskaRussia60NSt.PetersburgExpedition 60:The Subarctic Level R56Subarctic SafariMountains in the subarctic sometimes contain glaciersgiant sheets of ice that have built up over hundreds

36、 or thousands of years.The subarctic is home to animals such as bears,wolves,caribou,and moose.The inland areas of continents at 60 degrees north are often covered with huge evergreen forests known as taiga(TIE-guh).The trees in these forests must withstand temperatures as low as 40 F (40 C)in the w

37、inter.But our trip will take place in Junesummertime in the Northern Hemispherewhen temperatures are warm,and daylight is plentiful.Anchorage,AlaskaWe start in Anchorage,Alaska(61 degrees north latitude),just in time for the Summer Solstice Festival on June 21.The summer solstice is the longest day

38、of the year.On that day each year,Anchorage gets about nineteen hours of daylight.Do You Know?The Arctic Circle is an imaginary circle around Earth at about 67 degrees north latitude.The Arctic Circle marks the southernmost boundary of the area where the Sun doesnt set at all on the summer solstice.

39、Anchorage is the northernmost major city in the United States.Mendenhall Glacier is one of southeast Alaskas most popular tourist attractions.Alaska60NAnchorageExpedition 60:The Subarctic Level R56Subarctic SafariMountains in the subarctic sometimes contain glaciersgiant sheets of ice that have buil

40、t up over hundreds or thousands of years.The subarctic is home to animals such as bears,wolves,caribou,and moose.The inland areas of continents at 60 degrees north are often covered with huge evergreen forests known as taiga(TIE-guh).The trees in these forests must withstand temperatures as low as 4

41、0 F (40 C)in the winter.But our trip will take place in Junesummertime in the Northern Hemispherewhen temperatures are warm,and daylight is plentiful.Anchorage,AlaskaWe start in Anchorage,Alaska(61 degrees north latitude),just in time for the Summer Solstice Festival on June 21.The summer solstice i

42、s the longest day of the year.On that day each year,Anchorage gets about nineteen hours of daylight.Do You Know?The Arctic Circle is an imaginary circle around Earth at about 67 degrees north latitude.The Arctic Circle marks the southernmost boundary of the area where the Sun doesnt set at all on th

43、e summer solstice.Anchorage is the northernmost major city in the United States.Mendenhall Glacier is one of southeast Alaskas most popular tourist attractions.Alaska60NAnchorageExpedition 60:The Subarctic Level R1112St.Petersburg,RussiaWe fly east to St.Petersburg,a city of natural and human-made c

44、anals.It was founded by Peter the Great,a Russian czar,or ruler,in the 1700s.The land that spans the banks of the Neva River and Finsky Bay was originally swampy,but Peter the Great changed all that.He had canals built and the swampy areas filled in with soil.In June,people celebrate White Nights by

45、 taking all-night walks along the citys canals and many drawbridges.The Same Trip in WinterIf you were to travel to these same cities on the winter solstice(December 21 in the Northern Hemisphere),you would experience very different conditions.The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year.At t

46、hat time of year,places along this latitude get only about five hours of daylight per day,and its dark and cold.High temperatures in coastal cities are in the 20s(Fahrenheit).St.Petersburg is sometimes called the“Venice of the North”because of its many beautiful canals.Traveling by dogsled in Anchor

47、age,AlaskaRussia60NSt.PetersburgExpedition 60:The Subarctic Level R910A visit to Oslo wouldnt be complete without a visit to the Viking Ship Museum.Vikings were seafaring people who lived in this region about 1,000 years ago.With sturdy ships and good sailing skills,they traveled throughout coastal

48、Europe,Iceland,and Greenland,even reaching North America.Helsinki,FinlandYou arrive in Helsinki at 60 degrees north latitude just in time for Nightless Night,when bonfires are set to mark the summer solstice.Since the Sun doesnt set until almost 11:00 pm,you have plenty of time to tour the sea fortr

49、ess called Suomenlinna before it gets dark.The fortress was built by Sweden in the 1700s to guard access to the Baltic Sea.It was later conquered by Russia,Finlands neighbor.Today,the fortress is again part of Finland.As you tour its grounds,you can see old cannons and learn about its history.Afterw

50、ard,you visit several outdoor cafes to enjoy the mild summer weather.Children in Oslo,Norway,celebrate Constitution Day by wearing traditional clothing and carrying flags.This Viking ship was found in a large burial mound in Norway.The sea fortress of Suomenlinna is built across six islands.Finland6