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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came to define it. In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled brigantine Karluk departed Canada for the Arctic Ocean. At the helm was Captain Bob Bartlett, considered the world's greatest living ice navigator. The expedition's visionary leader was a flamboyant impresario named Vilhjalmur Stefansson hungry for fame. Just six weeks after the Karluk departed,...
3) Arctic dogs
Publisher
Entertainment Studios
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Swifty, the Arctic Fox, works in the mailroom of the Arctic Blast Delivery Service but dreams of one day becoming a Top Dog. To prove himself worthy of the Top Dog role, Swifty secretly commandeers one of the sleds and delivers a mysterious package to a secret location. He stumbles upon a hidden fortress, where he comes face to face with Otto Von Walrus, a blubbery evil genius. He discovers Otto Von Walrus2 plan to drill beneath Arctic surface to...
4) Arctic void
Publisher
Level 33 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When almost everyone vanishes from a tourist ship in the Arctic, fear becomes the master for the three who remain. Forced ashore, the men deteriorate in body and mind until a dark truth emerges that compels them to ally or perish.
Publisher
NCircle Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Join Naya and her friends as they embark on eighteen adventures in the Arctic. %x; Each adventure begins with the sea washing ashore an item and then throughout the episode, Naya and her friends try to learn the purpose of the item. %x; One day, the sea might bring a flashlight and then the next day a fossil! %x; It's up to Naya and her friends to figure out the item's true purpose.
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This Level 2 reader features popular and lesser-known animal species that call the ice-covered Arctic home, including hares and ptarmigans, arctic foxes, wolves, gulls, and seals. Living on land, in the ocean, or on the coasts, these animals have clever ways to survive. Engaging photos that show the animals in their habitat add context and making learning fun. Level 2 text provides accessible yet wide-ranging information for kids ready to read on...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Based on five decades of research and observation, a haunting and unsparing look at the melting ice caps, and what their disappearance will mean. Peter Wadhams has been studying ice first-hand since 1970, completing 50 trips to the world's poles and observing for himself the changes over the course of nearly five decades. His conclusions are stark: the ice caps are melting. Following the hottest summer on record, sea ice in September 2016 was the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in "Magic Tree House #16: Polar Bears Past Bedtime, " they had lots of questions. Why is the Arctic so cold? What did the first people of the Artic eat? How do polar bears cross thin ice? What other animals live in the Arctic? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) was the most successful polar explorer of his era using sledges, dogs, ski and ships. He is mainly remembered for being the first man to reach the South Pole on 14 December 1911. What is less often remembered is that he was also the first man to reach the North Pole on 12 May 1926 as the leader of the Amundsen- Ellsworth-Nobile expedition in the airship Norge. His involvement in aviation from 1909 to his death in 1928, has...
11) Wild Arctic
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2019?]
Language
English
Description
Creatures carve out a grueling existence amongst vast snow-forests and the brutal tundra. During winter, the Arctic Ocean locks these lands in ice and 24 hours of night, but summer brings around the clock sun, and the ocean and its islands burst into life attracting animals from all over the globe, for a summer feeding frenzy.
12) Polar climates
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The climate in a region affects all aspects of life. This book looks at polar climates. It explores the characteristics of the land and weather in regions with polar climates, and how plants, animals, and people have adapted to life in polar regions. The effects of climate change and other developments are also covered.
14) Animal holiday
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Santa answers a whole sackful of kid's questions about animals who like to live in cold places. Penguins, whales, reindeer and walruses lend a hand with the answers as they sing along with their own versions of Christmas songs.
16) Zodiac Station
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
For fans of Dan Brown and Michael Crichton—an eerie, evocative thriller set in the unforgiving Arctic from the author of The Orpheus Descent.
Deep in the Arctic, the US Coast Guard icebreaker Terra Nova batters its way through the frozen sea. A gaunt figure skis out of the fog on the pack ice. He says his name is Thomas Anderson, and that he's the lone survivors of a terrible accident at the research outpost Zodiac Station, located
...17) Ice road trucker
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about ice road truckers. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
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