discovery and exploration

Reviews the life and expeditions of the Norwegian explorer who first reached the South Pole, with emphasis on the criticism some of his decisions received. Includes photographs taken during his expeditions.

Joins the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the summer of 1805 as it leaves the Three Forks of the Missouri area and travels through the Bitteroot Mountains. Includes highlights and directions to historical points of interest.

Joins the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the spring of 1804 as they set out to explore the Louisiana Purchase. Includes highlights and directions to historical points of interest.

Joins the Lewis and Clark Expedition from the time it leaves camp near St. Louis in the spring of 1804 to travel up the Missouri River until its members settle for the winter near present-day Bismarck, South Dakota. Includes highlights and directions to historical points of interest.

A biography of the Army officer and explorer who discovered, among other places in the West and Southwest, the great Rocky Mountain peak in Colorado which bears his name.

Covering the period in U.S. history from 1783 to 1869, this book tells of the building of the Erie Canal, the U.S.-Mexican War, the Mormon migration, gold discoveries in the West, and more.

A biography of African-American explorer and associate of Robert Peary, Matthew Henson, who accompanied Peary on his 1909 expedition to the North Pole.

A fictionalized account of the adventures of eighteen-year-old Perce Blackborow, who stowed away for the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition and, after their ship Endurance was crushed by ice, endured many hardships, including the loss of his toes to frostbite, during the nearly two-year return journey across sea and ice.