antarctica

Provides an introduction to the polar regions and the plants and animals that survive in such hostile conditions.

"Ranger, a time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training, joins an early twentieth-century expedition journeying from New Zealand to Antarctica. He befriends Jack Nin, the stowaway turned cabin boy of Captain Robert Falcon Scott's ship. They're racing against a rival explorer to reach the South Pole, but with unstable ice, killer whales, and raging blizzards, the journey turns into a race against time...and a struggle to stay alive"--Back cover.

En invierno, la cantidad de hielo marino a lo largo de las costas de la Ant?rtida aumenta en 30.000 millas cuadradas (77.000 kil?metros cuadrados) cada d?a. La Ant?rtida contiene el desierto m?s grande del mundo. M?s informaci?n en la Ant?rtida. Combina im?genes impresionantes con hechos interesantes para ofrecer una visi?n de la tierra, la econom?a y la historia de cada continente.

"Explore Antarctica--the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on Earth--in this adventure-filled title in the Who HQ series. Antarctica, the earth's southernmost continent, was virtually untouched by humans until the nineteenth century. Many famous explorers journeyed (and often died) there in the hope of discovering a land that always seemed out of reach. This book introduces readers to this desert--yes, desert!--continent that holds about 90 percent of the world's ice; showcases some of the 200 species that call Antarctica home, including the emperor penguin; and discusses environmental dangers to the continent, underscoring how what happens to Antarctica affects the entire world"--.

Follows the British adventurer Robert Swan and two other explorers on an exciting and dangerous 900-mile trek to the South Pole.

Recounts the adventures of early Antarctic explorers.

Provides information about Antarctica, home to the world's biggest glacier, and discusses the climate, plants, and animals of the region.

"Describes the landforms and animals found in Antarctica, explains what scientists do there, and tells what life is like for them"--OCLC.