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  • Erik the Red was the first European to discover the continent of Antarctica. True or false?
    False. He was the first to discover Greenland
  • What happens to narwhals in captivity?
    They don't live long
  • What did Annie think about Greenland at first?
    Annie thought that it sounded so beautiful. As if it were filled with green grass and green trees.
  • Erik the Red was a famous Viking explorer. Fact or fiction?
    Fact
  • What is the name of Erikson's father?
    Erik the Red
  • Why did the boy (Erikson) originally want to hurt the narwhal?
    Because his horn is worth a fortune.
  • How did Erik's Inlet get its name?
    Erik's father named it that for himself.
  • As Jack and Annie started through the woods back home, what type of sound was the air filled with?
    The sounds of crickets and tree frogs
  • Once Jack and Annie were back home, what did the woods smell of?
    Green trees and green plants
  • Leif Erikson led the first European expediton to North America, 500 years before Columbus. Fact or fiction?
    Fact
  • While Jack and Annie were gone, did any time pass back in Frog Creek?
    No
  • Do Reindeer have horns, tusks, or antlers?
    Antlers
  • Name three kinds of whales found in the Arctic Ocean
    Humpback whales, orcas, narwhals, beluga, fin, and blue whales
  • Does a Walrus have whiskers?
    Yes
  • Why did Jack and Annie want to sneak away after everyone went to bed?
    Because they didn't have a ship to show them
  • Jack eventually understood that he and Annie had come to Greenland about a thousand years ago in the time of?
    Vikings
  • Annie thought Leif would make a really good explorer because she said he's tough and brave. True or false?
    True
  • Why did Jack give Leif the map back after Leif had thrust it into Jack's hands?
    Because he and Annie didn't need it to get back home
  • Do Seagulls quack, caw, or bark?
    Caw
  • Did Erickson's parents work at a research station as Jack originally thought?
    No.
  • Greenland has three kinds of ice seals. Which are the smallest?
    Ringed seals
  • Whose mother ushered Jack and Annie through the door - taking their hats, gloves, and coats.
    Leif's mother
  • Did Jack and Annie live in Greenland?
    No. They were visiting for a day
  • In Erik's time the United States wouldn't be a country for how many more years?
    700
  • Narwhals communicate underwater by using a variety of sounds such as? Name two out three.
    Clicks, whistles, and squeaks.
  • Are the majority of narwhals with tusks male or female?
    Male
  • Jack and Annie gave Leif a map to help him get to North America. Fact or fiction?
    Fiction
  • Why was Erik the Red excited to see the ship he thought Jack and Annie had sailed to Greenland in?
    Because the thought it must be the best in the world
  • One summer day in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, what mysteriously appeared in the woods?
    A tree house
  • What was special about the boy's boat?
    It looked like it had been made by hand.
  • What is the Midnight Sun?
    the sun when seen at midnight during the summer in either the Arctic or Antarctic Circle.
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