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Phillips, Katrina M.

Summary: "In 1921, Inupait seamstress Ada Blackjack joined a a group of four white men who wanted to establish a trading post on Wrangel Island in the freezing Arctic Ocean. The explorers were stranded on the island when their return ship was forced to turn back due to ice. Facing harsh conditions and dwindling food supplies, the men died one by one, but Ada remained. Find out how she alone managed to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.92 PHI

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC PHI

Golkar, Golriz

Summary: "In 1881, U.S. Army Lieutenant Adolphus Greely and his crew set sail for the Arctic. Their mission was to collect scientific data on the polar climate. They also had a second, secret goal: to achieve Farthest North, the record for highest latitude reached by explorers. But when resupply ships failed to arrive two years in a row, the team's dreams of glory turned into a nightmarish fight for...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Library is published by Capstone Press 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 919.804 GOL

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J919.804 GOL

Lourie, Peter

Summary: A riveting adventure biography of Fridtjof Nansen, the pioneer of polar exploration, with a focus on his harrowing three-year journey to the top of the world. A celebrity among the ranks of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton at the turn of the twentieth century, Fridtjof Nansen contributed tremendous amounts of new information to our knowledge about the Arctic. At a time when the North Pole was...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 NAN

Harmon, Daniel E.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House 2002

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB PEARY HAR

Stine, Megan

Summary: "It might seem lonely at the top of the world, but the North Pole is teeming with life! Polar bears, walruses, and Arctic seals make their home on sea ice that can be nine feet thick, while the Inuit and other Indigenous peoples continue their traditions and means for survival in this harsh climate. Along with the early twentieth-century story of Robert Peary's egomaniacal quest to reach the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 919.8 STI

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 919.8 STI

Wallace, Sandra Neil

Summary: Recounts George W. De Long's expedition to reach the North Pole.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910 WAL

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