arctic regions

"In 1881, U.S. Army Lieutenant Adolphus Greely and his crew set sail for the Arctic. Their mission was to collect scientific data on the polar climate. They also had a second, secret goal: to achieve Farthest North, the record for highest latitude reached by explorers. But when resupply ships failed to arrive two years in a row, the team's dreams of glory turned into a nightmarish fight for survival in one of the most remote and harshest regions in the world. Told through the . . . graphic novel format, this . . . tale transports readers back in time to uncover what became of the stranded voyage"--Provided by publisher.

"It might seem lonely at the top of the world, but the North Pole is teeming with life! Polar bears, walruses, and Arctic seals make their home on sea ice that can be nine feet thick, while the Inuit and other Indigenous peoples continue their traditions and means for survival in this harsh climate. Along with the early twentieth-century story of Robert Peary's egomaniacal quest to reach the exact spot of the North Pole"-- Provided by publisher.

"The human story has always been one of perseverance-often against remarkable odds. The most astonishing survival tale of all might be that of 16th-century Dutch explorer William Barents and his crew of sixteen, who ventured farther north than any Europeans before and, on their third polar exploration, lost their ship off the frozen coast of Nova Zembla to unforgiving ice. The men would spend the next year fighting off ravenous polar bears, gnawing hunger, and endless winter. In Icebound, Andrea Pitzer masterfully combines a gripping tale of survival with a sweeping history of the great Age of Exploration-a time of hope, adventure, and seemingly unlimited geographic frontiers. At the story's center is William Barents, one of the 16th century's greatest navigators whose larger-than-life ambitions and obsessive quest to chart a path through the deepest, most remote regions of the Arctic ended in both tragedy and glory. Journalist Pitzer did extensive research, learning how to use four-hundred-year-old navigation equipment, setting out on three Arctic expeditions to retrace Barents's steps, and visiting replicas of Barents's ship and cabin. Pitzer's reenactment of Barents's ill-fated journey shows us how the human body can function at twenty degrees below, the history of mutiny, the art of celestial navigation, and the intricacies of building shelters. But above all, it gives us a first-hand glimpse into the true nature of human courage"--Provided by publisher.

The author describes his expedition to the North Pole where he followed oceanographers as they examined the mysteries of climate modeling and global warming.

A woman and a dog make their way to the magnetic North Pole on foot, the first trip of this nature.

Translates the journal of Russian Antarctic explorer Valerian Albanov, which he wrote while fighting to survive after abandoning his ice-bound ship, the "Saint Anna, " in the Kara Sea in January 1914.

Provides Arctic explorer Ejnar Mikkelsen's account of his experiences in 1910 searching for the diaries of the ill-fated Mylius-Erichsen expedition, telling of the many difficulties he and Iver Iversen, a mechanic who joined him in Iceland, encountered, including frostbite, storms, starvation, and others.

The explorer describes his Arctic journey.

The author tells the story of his journey to the land above the Arctic Circle where he hoped to spend a winter with the Inuit, but instead found himself alone on his boat, trapped in the ice one hundred miles from the nearest settlement, and beset by blizzards and polar bears.

Chronicles the experiences Jon Turk had while traveling through Cape Horn, the Northwest Passage, and the Arctic.