arctic regions

Presents an alphabetically organized discussion of plants, animals, and natural phenomena and features of the Arctic, with photographs.

Pam Flowers tells the story of how, at the age of thirty-five, she decided to pursue a dream and moved from Texas to Alaska where she learned to become a dog musher and eventually became the first female and first American to travel solo across the entire length of the North American Arctic coast by dog team.

Tells the true story of the rescue of 1,219 men, women, and children from thirty-two American whaling ships trapped in Arctic ice in 1871. Includes an annotated further reading list.

Describes how animals survive winter on the Arctic tundra, discussing ground squirrels, wood frogs, woolly bear caterpillars, and other species.

Ms. Frizzle's class goes to the North Pole to study the animals of the Arctic.

Explains what an arctic tundra is, looks at the climate, plants, animals, and people of arctic tundras, shows where they are located in the world, and discusses what is being done to protect them.

Provides information about the lives of polar bears through the story of Borealis, a polar bear who spends the first year of his life along the coast of the Hudson Bay near Churchill, Manitoba.

Spring in the Arctic brings new activity among the fox, seal, and other animals, but the polar bear has a very good reason for remaining firm by her den.

Color illustrations, diagrams, and text describe the Arctic lands, plant and animal life, and people of the Arctic.

Follows the story of a polar bear and a walrus as they embark upon their journey from birth to adulthood.