Antarctic Adventures

Author: John Barell
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504366522
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 300

Book Description
Antarctic Adventures is more than a set of guidelines for how to take control of our lives through goal setting, decision making, and problem solving. It is also an approach to living a productive life characterized by inquiry, critical thinking, learning to pay attention to natural wonders, and being fully awake to lifes mysteries and opportunities. Based on the authors experiences exploring Antarctica, this book finds life lessons in the most renowned polar explorers as well as those like Sally Ride, who explored outer space, and successful men and women in sports and business.

Antarctic Adventure

Author: Raymond Edward Priestley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antarctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 598

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Lost Antarctica

Author: James McClintock
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1137113731
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 254

Book Description
The bitter cold and three months a year without sunlight make Antarctica virtually uninhabitable for humans. Yet a world of extraordinary wildlife persists in these harsh conditions, including leopard seals, giant squid, 50-foot algae, sea spiders, coral, multicolored sea stars, and giant predatory worms. Now, as temperatures rise, this fragile ecosystem is under attack. In this closely observed account, one of the world's foremost experts on Antarctica gives us a highly original and distinctive look at a world that we're losing.

The Crossing of Antarctica

Author: Sir Vivian Fuchs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 374

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Eagle on Ice

Author: Patricia Potter Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780533159550
Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A remarkable story that focuses on the 1928-1930 adventures of nineteen-year-old Paul Siple, the Eagle Scout selected to go on Commander Richard E. Byrd's first expedition to Antarctica.

Storms, Ice, and Whales

Author:
Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780802821256
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 391

Book Description
First published in the Dutch East Indies in 1934 and later in The Netherlands, this account of ven der Does' nine-month journey aboard a whaler sailing to the Antarctic in 1923-24 provides details of the flora and fauna, including penguins and albatross, and describes such natural phenomena as the colors of the ice, the sea, and the sky. He also chronicles in detail the workings of the ship and describes the crew and their tasks. Ven der Does writes of the solitude as "Nowhere else in the world can one so deeply comprehend the meaning of endlessness as at the Pole, with its vast desolation."

Antarctic Adventure

Author: Sir Vivian Fuchs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
The story of the perils and hardships faced by the author and his twelve companions as they journeyed 2000 miles across the Antarctic ice.

The Worst Journey in the World

Author: Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3861952793
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 602

Book Description
This volume is a narrative of Scott's last expedition from its departure from England in 1910 to its return to New Zealand in 1913.

Antarctic Adventure

Author: Meredith Hooper
Publisher: DK Children
ISBN: 9780789466846
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Presents a brief account of the triumphs and tragedies of the explorers of the Antarctic.

South Pole Penguins

Author: Amanda Lumry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780974841182
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Is climate change affecting the Antarctic food web, leaving penguins without enough food to eat? That is what Riley and family intend to find out on their research voyage to the bottom of the world! Cutting-edge science, numerous close-encounters with native wildlife, authentic animal facts supplied by the world's leading scientists, a compelling narrative and next-generation picture book visuals combine to create another Adventures of Riley classic!