Antarctica Vocabulary (ELA)

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Across
  1. 3. A layer in the atmosphere forming a protective blanket against the sun's harmful ultra-violet rays
  2. 5. The relatively flat, high altitude central region of Antarctic sloping towards the coast in all directions
  3. 7. Large chunks of ice that break away from glaciers and ice shelves and drift into the ocean
  4. 10. A deep, usually vertical, crack or split in a glacier
  5. 11. The formation of an iceberg breaking off from a glacier
  6. 12. An isolated peak of bedrock that sticks above the surface of an ice sheet
Down
  1. 1. A large mass of thick ice covering the landscape beneath it so appearing as a smooth coating of ice
  2. 2. A colony of penguins
  3. 4. A river of ice formed at least partly on land
  4. 6. A high-latitude region that receives little precipitation
  5. 8. Tiny shrimp-like marine animals that are an important food for larger Antarctic marine life
  6. 9. A ledge of ice over coastal water