Rea, Amy C.
Summary: "Offers readers a captivating look into the races between different groups of people to reach the North and South Poles first. Learn about how these explorers handled the extreme weather and why they risked their lives to accomplish their goal"-- www.childsworld.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 919.8 REAMessner, Kate
Summary: Once again the mysterious box takes the golden retriever Ranger back in time, and he finds himself on Robert Falcon Scott's ship, the Terra Nova, headed for Antarctica, where his mission is to save Jack Nin, a Chinese-Maori stowaway from New Zealand, from the blizzards, unstable ice, and the other hazards that lie ahead for the doomed expedition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MESBarone, Rebecca (Rebecca E.)
Summary: "In 1910, Captain Robert Scott prepared his crew for a trip that no one had ever completed: a journey to the South Pole. He vowed to get there any way he could, even if it meant looking death in the eye. Then, not long before he set out, the telegram arrived: "Proceeding to Antarctic - Roald Amundsen." What was to be an expedition had become a race. One hundred and eight years later, Captain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 919.89 BARMicklos, John
Summary: "In 1910, Sir Robert Falcon Scott led a team of Englishmen racing to be the first people to reach the South Pole. Amidst frigid temperatures and raging winds, Scott and four others made it to the pole only to find that another team had gotten there first. Low on morale and facing ever-plunging temperatures, the trek home would prove a harrowing task. Find out if Scott and his men ever made it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC MICTabor, James M.
Summary: When a zealous group of scientists launches a plot to release a pandemic virus to end overpopulation, microbiologist Hallie Leland must battle against the elements and an increasingly tense situation at the South Pole to save the world from annihilation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Berenstain, Stan
Summary: When a little penguin receives a blank book in the mail he is eager to fill it up with exciting things, but while he is seeking adventure he misses the action right before his eyes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E BERCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BERJeffers, Oliver
Summary: While trying his best to help a penguin that has shown up at his door, a boy journeys all the way to the South Pole, only to realize that the penguin was never lost.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JEFShelby, Ashley
Summary: " Do you have digestion problems due to stress? Do you have problems with authority? How many alcoholic drinks do you consume a week? Would you rather be a florist or a truck driver? These are the questions that decide who has what it takes to live at South Pole Station, a place with an average temperature of -54°F and no sunlight for six months a year. Cooper Gosling is adrift at thirty,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC SHEMather, Matthew
Summary: A supernova threatens to destroy all life on Earth while humanity grapples with an entirely new kind of alien invasion never before imagined.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MATMessner, Reinhold
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mountaineers 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.89 MESBowen, Mark (Mark Stander)
Summary: The IceCube Observatory has been called the "weirdest" of the seven wonders of modern astronomy by Scientific American. In The Telescope in the Ice, Mark Bowen tells the amazing story of the people who built the instrument and the science involved. Located near the U. S. Amundsen-Scott Research Station at the geographic South Pole, IceCube is unlike most telescopes in that it is not designed to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martins Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 522 BOWMyers, Walter Dean
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 919.8 MYECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 998 MYENielsen, Jerri.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2001
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 NielsFiennes, Ranulph
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.8 FIENielsen, Jerri.
Summary: A physician stranded at the South Pole describes how she discovered a lump in her breast, treated herself with a biopsy and chemotherapy, and was rescued by the Air National Guard, and reflects on her experiences and her colleagues. The Antarctic winter, with temperatures 100 below zero, shuts supply lines down completely; conditions are too treacherous for planes or boats and the only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NIELSEN, JERRI NIEStilton, Geronimo
Summary: Geronimo and his friends go back in time and race the Pirate Cats to be the first to the South Pole.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2016
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3 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 STIKimmel, Elizabeth Cody.
Summary: When Osbert the penguin shows up on his doorstep with several friends along with an invitation to Aurora Australis' party at the South Pole, the boy decides to transport them there in the helicopter he received this year for Christmas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2008
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JE KimShelby, Ashley
Summary: " Do you have digestion problems due to stress? Do you have problems with authority? How many alcoholic drinks do you consume a week? Would you rather be a florist or a truck driver? These are the questions that decide who has what it takes to live at South Pole Station, a place with an average temperature of -54°F and no sunlight for six months a year. Cooper Gosling is adrift at thirty,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHESummary: Meet Dora's cousin, Diego! He helps at the Animal Rescue Center and can even talk to animals! Preschoolers will learn: Spanish language skills - count missing ladder rungs and stars; auditory/listening skills - make animal noises to talk to condors, jaguars, penguins, seals, a whale and more; kinesthetic skills: move like the animals and catch stars; plus other language and problem solving skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV DORSummary: Join Dora and Boots as they set off on an adventure around the world. From the South Pole to rainforests to tropical beaches, kids will learn all about big, beautiful planet Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2010
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2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV DORArtist Not Provided
Summary: Follows the adventures of a young penguin named Pingu, his family, and his friend Robbie the seal in their South Pole home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hit Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PINFoster, Leila Merrell.
Contents: Where is Antarctica? -- Ice sheeet -- South Pole -- Weather -- Mountains -- Ice -- Glaciers -- Oceans and seas -- Animals -- Plants -- Explorers -- All the countries -- Science -- Fast facts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2001
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 998 FOSBerry-Byrd, Holly
Summary: "Follow Santa and Mrs. Claus around their home at the North Pole! What fun surprises will you find?" - Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Nenn, Kerry
Summary: Goodbye South Pole, hello adventure! Patch is tired of the South Pole. Yawn! He’s bored. So…he’s not going to live there anymore! What silly, salty creatures will Patch meet as he travels north? Will he find a new, exciting home? Find out as you join him on his igloo adventure!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nenn Pen, Ink, 0000