Across
- 2. member of a pacific island cultural group known for their long distance navigation skills
- 5. sheet large mass of compressed ice covering a land area
- 6. far from the coast; inland
- 7. bleaching process that occurs when coral reefs weaken and lighten in color due to
- 8. process by which one group takes on the cultural traits of another
- 12. colony place where convicted prisoners were sent for punishment, far from their homelands
- 13. enclosed area of land that functions as the center of the Maori culture
- 15. oral Polynesian inhabitants of New Zealand and the Cook Islands
- 18. reef living formation of rock life material made up of the skeletons of tiny sea creatures
- 19. to obtain fresh supplies
- 20. sandy island that has formed on top of coral reef that surrounds a sunken extinct volcano
- 21. territory of the British Empire with internal self rule
- 22. slow moving body of ice
- 23. a journey make for exploration research or war
- 24. ice seasonal ice that floats on water
Down
- 1. being a rival; challenging
- 3. one of Australia's original people
- 4. tradition a community's cultural and historical background passed down in spoken stories or song
- 9. berg larger floating mass of ice
- 10. person who lives in a place
- 11. poisonous
- 14. Treaty international agreement that preserves Antarctic for peaceful and scientific use
- 16. involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering
- 17. layer layers of the atmosphere that filters out most of the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays
- 21. territory controlled by the government of another country