antarctica

Describes the geography, wildlife, and exploration of the world's fifth largest continent, Antarctica.

Compares the origins, exploration, wildlife, plant life, scenery, and ecology of the North and South Poles.

A young penguin and his father receive comfort from each other as they wait for the mother penguin to return from her diving.

Discusses the peoples of the high Arctic, their traditions, and the changes they face in the modern world and from global warming, in a book that looks at languages, hunting traditions, and religious practices.

An activist and adventurer makes predictions about imminent environmental dangers associated with the 2041 expiration of an international treaty protecting Antarctica and discusses what can be done to prevent specific problems.

Describes what life is like working at a polar research station.

Recounts the adventures of early Antarctic explorers.

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.

Eighty-eight-year-old explorer Norman Vaughan revisits the Queen Maude Mountains in Antarctica to climb the mountain named for him 65 years earlier by Admiral Richard E. Byrd; twelve-year-old adventurer Merrick Johnston becomes the youngest person ever to scale Denali, North America's highest peak.

An overview of the history, geography, climate, and wildlife of Antarctica.