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2000s: This is the story of a ten-year-old orphan and a 10,000-year-old mammoth…
The Ice Monster
What you need to know before your trail
When Elsie, an orphan on the streets of Victorian London, hears about the mysterious Ice Monster – a woolly mammoth found at the North Pole – she’s determined to discover more…
A chance encounter brings Elsie face to face with the creature, and sparks the adventure of a lifetime – from London to the heart of the Arctic!
Travel Guide
London
Most of the story takes place in London in and around the Natural History Museum. There’s a few interesting characters here such as Mr Clout, the security guard and his hobnailed boots and Dotty, the cleaning lady who is “is daft as her brushes”.
The Professor used to work at the museum until an experiment went very wrong……
Then there’s Lady Buckshot who shoots many animals in Africa and brings them back to the museum to be put on display. Sir Ray Lankester is the museum’s portly director.
So what of the woolly mammoth who used to live in the Arctic and who now lives in the museum? This is an adventure which takes you from the London streets all the way to the frozen north and it’s an adventure into the magical world of the woolly mammoth.
The Arctic
The Arctic is located at the northernmost part of planet earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Alaska, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Northern Canada, Norway, Russia and Sweden
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Ice Monster
Destination: London, The Arctic Author/guide: David Walliams Departure Time: Victorian Times
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