Brief text and illustrations introduce the geography, history, people, and culture of this thinly-populated northern European country whose land is covered by more than 55,000 lakes and forests.
Describes the weather conditions, plant and animal life, and human activity in the four cold climate regions of the world: the poles, the tundra, subarctic regions, and highlands.
Examines the geology of the Earth and explains how the history of life on Earth is recorded in the rocks...explains how to identify rocks and minerals and discusses their uses.