Hartman, 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

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 998 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

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

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

Sancton, Julian

Summary: "The harrowing true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry-with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter-in the tradition of David Grann, Nathaniel Philbrick, and Hampton Sides. In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three year expedition aboard the good ship Belgica with...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.8904 SAN