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Antarctic Journal: Four Months at the Bottom of the World
Interesting collection of letters, journal entries, and sketches from the author during her stay in Antarctica from November 12 to March 12. Science facts are included but this is not a science book.
| Author: Dewey, Jennifer Owings |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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Antarctica: Journeys to the South Pole
This non-fiction, photographic picture book tells the history of the Antarctic. The pictures are all accompanied by true stories of heroism and adventure.
| Author: Myers, Walter Dean |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | language arts - writing | language arts - reading
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Black Whiteness
During the several months Admiral Richard Byrd spent alone in Antarctica in 1934, he nearly dies of carbon monoxide poisoning before he is rescued. The poetic language, line lengths, and diary excerpts give an intensity and truthfulness to the story.
| Author: Burleigh, Robert |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | science
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My Season with Penguins
The author, a writer, scientist, and artist, keeps a journal and pictorial record of two months she spent studying the adelie penguins in Antarctica. The illustrations are factual and charming. A map and glossary aid the reader.
| Author: Webb, Sophie |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World
On an expedition to cross Antarctica, Ernest Shackleton and his crew lost their ship in the ice flow. Shackleton and five others left in small boats to get help. This is a higher reading level version of Spirit of Endurance by the same author.
| Author: Armstrong, Jennifer |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Spirit of Endurance
The book employs maps, archival photographs, blueprints, and paintings to tell the exciting story of Ernest Shackleton's rescue of his men on his expedition in Antarctica when their boat, The Endurance, was destroyed in an ice floe. The author includes a
| Author: Armstrong, Jennifer |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Trial By Ice
Illustrated by archival photographs, this biography recounts the life and expeditions of Ernest Shackleton in his attempts to reach the South Pole (he never did). He is nonetheless revered for his leadership, optimism, and courage. Teachers will find th
| Author: Kostyal, K. M. |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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