Explores the impact various global issues, including global warming, urbanization, overfishing, and the growing numbers of migrants, have had on Antarctica.
The adventure continues as Jack Winslow's secret expedition to the South Pole turns desperate in 1910, with mutiny and the "Mystery" stuck in the frozen Atlantic threatening the lives of his sons.
Describes the geography and animal life of Antarctica. Also discusses the work of the many scientific research stations that are located on this the world's fifth largest but also its coldest continent.
Follows the British adventurer Robert Swan and two other explorers on an exciting and dangerous 900-mile trek to the South Pole, following in the footsteps of Swan's chidhood hero, Robert Falcon Scott, who made the journey exactly seventy-four years earlier.
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.