The Mariana Trench

Lincoln School Fourth Grade WEL

To the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"

 

Sink your bathyscaph
down the Mariana Trench,
as in 1960, by Auguste Piccard,
from Belgium, he spoke French.

Found in the North Pacific,
north of New Guinea,
two hundred fifty miles southwest of Guam,
the Mariana Islands are snow-free.

Drop thirty-five thousand, eight hundred feet,
equal to 6.8 miles,
deeper than Mt. Everest is high,
populated by psychrophiles.

Often those are microbes,
who appreciate high pressure.
Shrimps, mussels, crabs and fish,
the Challenger Deep houses
treasures.

It's the deepest point on earth,
deepest that we know,
two degrees Celcius,
you'd quickly freeze your toes.

 

Fourth Grade WEL

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