antarctica

Discusses the continent of Antarctica, including its landforms, regions, ice shelves, plant and animal life, and the scientists who perform research there.

While on a mission to Antarctica to save the world from global warming, fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride and the other members of the Flock--a band of genetically modified children who can fly--are pursued by their creator, the Uber-Director, who wants to auction them off to the highest bidder.

In the year 2083, five fourteen-year-olds who were deprived by chance of the opportunity to continue their educations re-enact Scott's 1910-1913 expedition to the South Pole as contestants on a reality television show, secretly aided by a Department of Entertainment employee.

Taken to Antarctica by the man she thinks of as her uncle for what she believes to be a vacation, Symone--a troubled fourteen year old--discovers that he is dangerously obsessed with seeking Symme's Hole, an opening that supposedly leads into the center of a hollow Earth.

The City, where the recently departed reside as long as they are remembered by the living, is home to Kuka Sims, who prints the City's only newspaper, Coleman Kinzler, a vagrant who speaks the word of God, and Marion and Philip Byrd, who find themselves falling in love once again, all of whom are remembered by Laura Byrd, whose own time is running out.

Contains maps and facts about South America and Antarctica, covering countries, main cities, languages, religions, government, currency, and more.

Describes the geography, wildlife, and exploration of Antarctica and the way of life of scientists conducting research on that icy continent.

An introduction to the geography and animal life of the southernmost continent, 95 percent of whose surface is covered with ice.

Presents a short children's history of explorer Roald Amundsen and describes his voyage to the South Pole, exploration of the land, and legacy.

Contains the photographic chronicles of two quests--that of Norman Vaughan, a member of the 1928 Byrd expedition to the South Pole who returned at the age of eighty-nine to scale the peak named in his honor; and that of twelve-year-old Merrick Johnston, the youngest person to reach the summit of Mt. McKinley.