GLOSSARY
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Aurora Borealis—Northern Lights.
Bidarka—Eskimo canoe.
Cache—A hiding-place for food supplies.
Fiord—A narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs.
Glacier—A river of slow-flowing ice.
“Husky”—Alaskan wolf-dog.
Ice Berg—A huge chunk of ice that has broken off a glacier and floats in the sea.
Ice Floe—A smaller chunk of ice.
Ice Pan—The ice where the sea has frozen over.
Igloo—Eskimo house.
Lava—Molten rock from a volcano.
Samlet—A young salmon.
Tundra—Alaskan bog.
Volcano—A mountain that spouts fire and lava.
Zenith—The region of the North pole.