Intermediate Polar Word Search

When you find a word, click on the first (or last) letter and hold down the mouse button. Drag the cursor to the last (or first) letter and release.

Words can be horizontal or diagonal, forwards or backwards. So have fun and good hunting! Try our Elementary or Advanced levels for variety...

Tell me more about these words that have to do with the poles: inuit , ipy , glaciers , antarctica , arctic , aurora , oceans , ice , penguins , bears , climate , norse

Last modified May 25, 2007 by Jennifer Bergman.

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