Provides an exploration of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica, discussing their climates, wildlife, natural landmarks, industries, sports and more, using maps.
"Flora the pig ditches the sedentary life on the farm for an adventure in Antarctica, where she escapes the knife and lives her dream of pulling a sled with a team of dogs"--Provided by publisher.
Chronicles the events of Sir Ernest Shckleton's 1914 expedition aboard the "Endurance" in a race to be the first to cross Antarctica from coast to coast.
Devastated when her dream of becoming a professional ballerina falls through, seventeen-year-old Harper Scott takes a job as a research assistant, wintering over at McMurdo, a U.S. science station at the tip of Antarctica where, for the first time, she considers other possible futures.
In a dystopian Argentine Antarctica, the only female private investigator is Eliana Gomez, who's boyfriend Diego happens to be a runner for organized crime lord Ignacio Cabrera. When Elaina accepts an assignment with a local aristocrat with a dark secret, she'll face deadly conflict with her own boyfriend as the local drones threaten an uprising for independence.
Antarctica is a fascinating continent, with its South Pole research station and its thick sheets of ice. But did you know that Antarctica has no cities? Or that daytime and nighttime last for months in Antarctica? Learn more about the amazing continent of Antarctica.
