Thank you to everyone who is participating but a special congratulations go out to our three draw winners for the month of August. These three lucky winners can drop by the Library at any time to claim their prize.
First place with a $10.00 gift card for Your Break Billiards and Amanda's Pizza is Nicholas K.
Second place is Sanoi D. and her prize of The Magic Paintbrush by Robin Muller.
Third place winner is Evan B. with his Library pen.
Gearing up for the September Draw we have a first place gift certificate valued at $10.00, second place is the book Vouageur by Eric Walters, and third place is a Library pen.
So read lots of pages and hand in your Reading Logs every Friday to have your name entered in the September Draw! I wish the best of luck to everyone!
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04-Sep-2009 edit: Sanoi D. due to her age was give a choice between a picture book and the young teen novel "Silverwing" by Kenneth Oppel. She selected "The Magic Paintbrush" by Robin Muller.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Complete Circuit of the World!
We've reached the twelfth week of my world walk, adding 4,211 kilometers to last weeks total of 33,269 for a new grand total of 37,480.
Which means that not only have I succeeded in circling the world, I've exceeded my goal! THANK YOU! If it hadn't been for all of you reading, reading, and reading these past twelve weeks I wouldn't have been able to take a single step!
We needed 36,800 pages read and with the extra 680 pages you've read me right back into friendly Manitoba on the the east side of Lake Winnipeg. (The coordinates, if you're checking where I am out on Google Maps is 53 N 96 W.) And are you up for another trip? I am!
So, once again, a hug centipede hug (which is very big with one hundred limbs!) to everyone reading. I hope you're still having as much fun reading as I am learning where your reading is going to send me.
Which means that not only have I succeeded in circling the world, I've exceeded my goal! THANK YOU! If it hadn't been for all of you reading, reading, and reading these past twelve weeks I wouldn't have been able to take a single step!
We needed 36,800 pages read and with the extra 680 pages you've read me right back into friendly Manitoba on the the east side of Lake Winnipeg. (The coordinates, if you're checking where I am out on Google Maps is 53 N 96 W.) And are you up for another trip? I am!
So, once again, a hug centipede hug (which is very big with one hundred limbs!) to everyone reading. I hope you're still having as much fun reading as I am learning where your reading is going to send me.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Back in Canadian Waters!
I'm still in the North Pacifc Ocean only now I'm located in Canadian waters! I'm at "53 N 138 W" just 377 kilometeres west of Graham Island, BC. So in order to get here for this eleventh week, 5,288 kilometers were added to 27,981 for a new grand total of 33,269 kilometers!
I learned today that there are two Graham Islands in Canada! That's why I added "BC" behind to show that it's a part of the British Columbia province. The other Graham Island is 3,311 kilometers away from my current location. But 3,311 km in which direction? Northeast! The second Graham Island is in the territory of Nunavut.
So a little bit about Graham Island, BC:
Graham Island is the largest of the Queen Charlotte Islands and is also known as Haida Gwaii meaning "land of the Haida."
It is separated only by a narrow channel from the other principal island of the group, Moresby Island which is known as Gwaii Haanas in the language of the Haida people.
It is the 101st largest island in the world and Canada's 22nd largest island.
I hope you found what I had to tell you fun and interesting to learn. So until next week, keep on reading and keep me moving!
I learned today that there are two Graham Islands in Canada! That's why I added "BC" behind to show that it's a part of the British Columbia province. The other Graham Island is 3,311 kilometers away from my current location. But 3,311 km in which direction? Northeast! The second Graham Island is in the territory of Nunavut.
So a little bit about Graham Island, BC:
Graham Island is the largest of the Queen Charlotte Islands and is also known as Haida Gwaii meaning "land of the Haida."
It is separated only by a narrow channel from the other principal island of the group, Moresby Island which is known as Gwaii Haanas in the language of the Haida people.
It is the 101st largest island in the world and Canada's 22nd largest island.
I hope you found what I had to tell you fun and interesting to learn. So until next week, keep on reading and keep me moving!
Friday, August 14, 2009
Swimming in the North Pacific Ocean
I'm swimming again! Last week the total distance traveled was 24,235 and this week readers have added 3776 for a new total this tenth week of 27,981 kilometers.
You are doing a fantastic job! I've been moving steadily since I started and haven't had to stay too long in one place once!
So, where am I in the North Pacific Ocean? Well I'm at "53 N 170 E" which puts me east of the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula, west of the United States Attu Island, and just on the edge of the Bering Sea.
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
It extends from the Arctic in the north to Antarctica in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east. At 169.2 million square kilometres (65.3 million square miles) in area, this largest division of the World Ocean – and, in turn, the hydrosphere – covers about 46% of the Earth's water surface and about 32% of its total surface area, making it larger than all of the Earth's land area combined. Could you imagine what our world maps would look like if all the oceans were land and all the land were oceans?
The equator subdivides it into the North Pacific Ocean (where I am!) and South Pacific Ocean, with two exceptions: the Galápagos and Gilbert Islands are deemed wholly within the South Pacific.
The Mariana Trench in the western North Pacific is the deepest point in the Pacific and in the world, reaching a depth of 10,911 metres (35,798 ft). That means if Mount Everest, the tallest point on Earth at 8,848 meters (29,029 feet), was set in the Mariana Trench, there would be 2,076 meters (6,811 feet) of water left above it!
So it's a pretty neat ocean isn't it? So check out the Wikipedia entry here to learn lots more!
You are doing a fantastic job! I've been moving steadily since I started and haven't had to stay too long in one place once!
So, where am I in the North Pacific Ocean? Well I'm at "53 N 170 E" which puts me east of the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula, west of the United States Attu Island, and just on the edge of the Bering Sea.
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
It extends from the Arctic in the north to Antarctica in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east. At 169.2 million square kilometres (65.3 million square miles) in area, this largest division of the World Ocean – and, in turn, the hydrosphere – covers about 46% of the Earth's water surface and about 32% of its total surface area, making it larger than all of the Earth's land area combined. Could you imagine what our world maps would look like if all the oceans were land and all the land were oceans?
The equator subdivides it into the North Pacific Ocean (where I am!) and South Pacific Ocean, with two exceptions: the Galápagos and Gilbert Islands are deemed wholly within the South Pacific.
The Mariana Trench in the western North Pacific is the deepest point in the Pacific and in the world, reaching a depth of 10,911 metres (35,798 ft). That means if Mount Everest, the tallest point on Earth at 8,848 meters (29,029 feet), was set in the Mariana Trench, there would be 2,076 meters (6,811 feet) of water left above it!
So it's a pretty neat ocean isn't it? So check out the Wikipedia entry here to learn lots more!
Friday, August 7, 2009
Between China and the Sea of Okhotsk
This ninth week of my journey 3,543 kilometers were added to last weeks 20,662 kilometers bringing the distance I've traveled up to 24,325! Excellent job everyone!
So I was quite thrilled to pass through the northern most province of China, Heilongjiang, before returning to Russia soil to stop for the weekend in Amur Oblast. My exact location is "53 N 133 E" so you can see where I am on Google Maps.
What is an "oblast" you may ask? Well it's esentially Russia's word for province which they define as "regular administrative units with federally appointed governor and locally elected legislature." Different from Candian provinces though is that an oblast is "commonly named after the oblast center—the largest city in the oblast, its administrative center."
The administrative center of Amur Oblast, Blagoveshchensk, is one of the oldest settlements in the Russian Far East, founded in 1856. Which means that it's 153 years old compared to Shellbrook's 100 years. The oblast of Amur was established October 20, 1932 making it 77 years old whereas our province of Saskatchewan is now 104. So the oblast will be celebrating their centennial in the year 2032.
Amur is also in the Yakutsk Time Zone (YAKT) which means it's offset 9 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). So, if it is 11:00 am in Shellbrook it is 8:00 pm here.
See you next weekend!
So I was quite thrilled to pass through the northern most province of China, Heilongjiang, before returning to Russia soil to stop for the weekend in Amur Oblast. My exact location is "53 N 133 E" so you can see where I am on Google Maps.
What is an "oblast" you may ask? Well it's esentially Russia's word for province which they define as "regular administrative units with federally appointed governor and locally elected legislature." Different from Candian provinces though is that an oblast is "commonly named after the oblast center—the largest city in the oblast, its administrative center."
The administrative center of Amur Oblast, Blagoveshchensk, is one of the oldest settlements in the Russian Far East, founded in 1856. Which means that it's 153 years old compared to Shellbrook's 100 years. The oblast of Amur was established October 20, 1932 making it 77 years old whereas our province of Saskatchewan is now 104. So the oblast will be celebrating their centennial in the year 2032.
Amur is also in the Yakutsk Time Zone (YAKT) which means it's offset 9 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). So, if it is 11:00 am in Shellbrook it is 8:00 pm here.
See you next weekend!
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