Faces People, Places, and World Culture for Kids and Children

COLD ISLANDS DOWN UNDER

Most people think of islands as warm, tropical places with palm trees, white sand beaches, and beautiful blue ocean waves. But there are just as many islands in the world that are wilder, more rugged, and certainly much colder. Among those are the South Shetland Islands, located near the bottom of the world.

These islands are about

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