Provides an exploration of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica, discussing their climates, wildlife, natural landmarks, industries, sports and more, using maps.
Provides an introduction to emperor penguins and where they live, explains what a life cycle is, follows the birth, growth, and adulthood of an emperor penguin, and discusses interactions between people and the animals.
a doctor's incredible battle for survival at the South Pole
Nielsen, Jerri
The author describes her life-changing experience working as a doctor in Antarctica in 1999, during which time she discovered she had breast cancer and had to treat herself with the aid of her own patients and U.S. doctors via the Internet.
Arctic terns travel 44,000 miles every year - the longest animal migration in the world! From pole to pole and back again, these flying machines zigzag across the world to follow the summer.
Collects "Penguins and Antarctica" and "Eve of the Emperor Penguin" in which Jack and his younger sister Annie continue to help Merlin the magician search for the secret of happiness by traveling in their magic treehouse to Antarctica, a wasteland where the penguins may know what to do.
Provides an introduction to the Antarctic habitat, including land and water environments, and looks at some of the plants and animals that live in this very cold part of the world.
