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Author
Publisher
Chartwell Books
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
256 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book, with over 30 panoramas, discusses the ecology, geography, and flora and fauna of the Arctic and Subarctic, Antarctic and Subantarctic, and the world alpine regions and describes the dangers that threaten these extreme environments.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
63 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Santa Claus frolicking with penguins and polar bears--do you know what's wrong with this picture? Actually, no penguin has ever lived at the North Pole, nor any polar bear at the South Pole. Using a wide range of disciplines from physics to geography to biology, award-winning science writer Elaine Scott explores some of the unique properties shared by the two ends of the Earth's axis, and other ways in which they are poles apart. Find out what makes...
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Children
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ambrose, a polar bear, and Zina, a penguin, are very different but they can still find ways to meet in the middle.
6) Polar shift
Author
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Landmark Audiobooks
Pub. Date
p2005
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
12 CDs (14 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The discovery of how to artificially create a polar shift is used by an antiglobalization group to give the industrial nations a jolt, planning to reverse it when their message has been received. But it can't be reversed, and this time the NUMA team may be too late.
9) The mage
Author
Series
Foxcraft volume 3
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Isla arrives in the harsh Snowlands to find her brother, Pirie, and must face the powerful fox known as the Mage that is using foxcraft to summon an ancient threat that could cause destruction.
Author
Series
NUMA File volume 6
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 19
Physical Desc
433 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the leader of an antiglobalization group plans to use the sixty-year-old findings of a Hungarian genius to create a polar shift and give the industrialized nations a jolt before reversing the effect, the NUMA Special Assignments Team must stop him.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Earth's Arctic ice is disappearing! But why are ice caps, glaciers, and icebergs melting, and how does it impact the planet? In this nonfiction graphic novel, Max Axiom and the Society of Super Scientists are on a mission to find out! Using their superpowers and super-smarts, the team will break down this complex environmental issue into an exciting, fact-filled adventure so young readers can learn about the causes and effects of climate change and...
Author
Publisher
Cantata Learning
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.+ (1 audio disc : CD audio, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
"Sing and read along as you learn about Earth's polar animals, including why the penguin and polar bear will never meet! Paired text and music helps engage students and increases their retention of key facts"--Publisher's description.
Author
Publisher
Rising Moon
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A counting book in rhyme presents various Arctic animals and their offspring, from a mother caribou and her "little calf one" to a mother Arctic fox and her "little cubs ten." Includes related facts.
14) Arctic Ocean
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book introduces children to the Arctic Ocean, looking at both its relatively shallow continental shelf and its underwater mountains. These features are explored using key geography terms. Children are encouraged to use geographical skills to locate information by reading maps and interpreting simple keys. This series complements the Introducing Continents series.
15) Edge of Nowhere
Author
Publisher
Leapfrog Press
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"More psychological depth than Robinson Crusoe."—Frank McCourt
Praise for Lone Wolves:
"A beautiful and moving story of courage and love."—Ray Bradbury
"Powerful, eloquent, and fascinating, showcasing a vanishing way of life in rich detail."—Kirkus Reviews
"An adept focus on coming-of-age and an illuminating glimpse of Native Alaskan cultures."—The Horn Book
"A gifted storyteller
...16) The greatest polar expedition of all time: the Arctic mission to the epicenter of climate change
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xii, 273 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : map, illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A captain's tell-all about the world's largest Arctic expedition--an illuminating account of seafaring adventure, Arctic natural history, and cutting-edge climate science. The book about the Mosaic Expedition: as seen in the documentary film Arctic Drift, Atmospheric scientist Markus Rex recounts the monumental Arctic expedition he captained for one year in this gripping and authoritative book. A groundbreaking step towards understanding the climate...
