Summary: Bestselling British author Vanessa Collingridge searches for the man behind the legend Captain James Cook as she traces his story in a series that is part biography, part travelogue and completely enthralling.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BFS Entertainment & Multimedia 2013
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CAPYomtov, Nelson
Summary: Of all the places to explore on Earth, remote places are often said to be the most challenging. Yet brave explorers travel to the most remote corners of the world, pushing through vast forests, icy polar regions, and other landscapes. Who are these adventurers and why do they do it?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 509 YOMHartman, Darrell
Summary: "A sixty-year saga of frostbite and fake news that follows the no-holds-barred battle between two legendary explorers to reach the North Pole, and the newspapers which stopped at nothing to get--and sell--the story. In the fall of 1909, a pair of bitter contests captured the world's attention. The American explorers Robert Peary and Frederick Cook both claimed to have discovered the North Pole,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023