Just like in the real world, your skill at managing budgets, and accounting for driving conditions, distances and time, determines your success. A shaman is your guide as you learn about the history of the Arctic, Arctic geography, ecology, present day facts and more. Narrated stories, pictures and 12 challenging educational games make the Arctic come alive. Learn about Inuit culture, religion, history, and even cooking. The history of the lost Franklin expedition is read aloud and is told via text and through original art work and maps.
Modern pictures illustrate the grueling weather the explorers faced.
Present day politics are covered as well, including the creation of the Nunavut territory. This CD-Rom uses 3D Animation sequences and original videos to transport us to a time of legends, of lost cities and impressive artistic achievements. The program has four different components which will allow students at many different grade levels to more fully explore Canada. Map Maker provides thousands of possible layer combinations as well as base maps, printing functions and more to allow students to build their own maps of Canada . The Earth Observation section uses remote sensing and image interpretation for events such as the Manitoba floods of 1996 etc.