Polar Explorer

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Alex BellA precocious young girl is determined to prove herself as an explorer in the first novel in the whimsical Polar Be...

Reducere. In the bestselling tradition of Hampton Sides's In the Kingdom of Ice, a "gripping adventure tale" (The Boston Globe) recounting Dutch polar explor...

A handbook about the mental and physical preparation and detailed planning required for a successful trip to the North or South Pole. In this guide...

Reducere. Shortly after his death in 1957, The New York Times obituary of Peter Freuchen noted that ``except for Richard E. Byrd, and despite his foreign beg...

Reducere. Shortly after his death in 1957, The New York Times obituary of Peter Freuchen noted that "except for Richard E. Byrd, and despite his foreign begi...

Ernest Shackleton's remarkable story is a terrifying adventure with the happiest of endings - another brilliant narrative non-fiction Antarctic adv...

GRIPPING. ... One of the greatest polar rescue efforts ever mounted. --Wall Street JournalThe riveting true story of the largest polar rescue missi...

Reducere. Francis Spufford explores the British obsession with polar exploration in a book that Jan Morris, writing in The Times, called, "A truly majestic w...

Inspiring young animal lovers to get up close to the big bears of the Arctic and the real-life challenges they face is what this fascinating book i...

Reducere. In the final book of the whimsical Polar Bear Explorers' Club series, Stella and the gang go on their most perilous adventure yet to find a cure fo...

Reducere. An illustrated book for children based on the life and adventures of Tom Crean, the Irish explorer who served on three expeditions to Antarctica in...

DescriptionSpring, 1847, and Lady Franklin is back in London expecting to greet her hero husband, polar explorer Sir John Franklin, upon his triump...

Reducere. Absorbing.artfully narrat es] a possible course of events in the expedition's demise, based on the one official note and bits of debris (including ...

Reducere. In 1893, Fridjtof Nansen set sail in the Fram, a ship specially designed and built to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pres...

Reducere. Jason Strong the explorer, and his cousins Megan and Greg, are looking for yetis on Ice Island. But something strange is happening on the island; i...

DescriptionBecome a visual explorer through a stunning collection of images that celebrate the beautiful country of Canada. When you think of Canad...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the moment Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. first left Anarctica, he knew he would return. Both the scope of the strange land and the u...

Women have always explored the globe, but their stories aren't always well-known. In We Are Explorers, fourteen intrepid women and their incredible...

Reducere. American hero and explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. tells the story of his first journey through Antarctica and the founding of a series of cam...

Reducere. Nansen's "Fram" expedition was an attempt by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen to reach the geographical North Pole by harnessing the natural ...

Reducere. DescriptionFor five centuries Europeans sought a short cut across the top of the world. The quest for a passage to the riches of the Orient claimed...

Reducere. A National BestsellerA New York Times Editor's ChoiceAn Amazon Best Book of the MonthAn Indie Next PickOne of Wall Street Journal's Twelve Books to...