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Author:

Snowden, Maxine.

Title:

Polar explorers for kids : historic expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica with 21 activities / Maxine Snowden.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Chicago Review Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

x, 150 p. : ill., maps ; 22 x 28 cm.

Subject:

Explorers--Polar regions--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Polar regions--Discovery and exploration--Juvenile literature.
Polar regions--Activity programs--Activity programs--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--Polar regions.
Polar regions--Discovery and exploration.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-148), glossary and index.

Contents:

Arctic: Arctic exploration time line -- Erik the Red reaches Greenland -- John Davis dances with Inuit and explores the Davis Straits and Labrador -- Henry Hudson ventures Northwest and Northeast in search of a passage -- William Parry explores Lancaster sound and beyond -- John Franklin leads Arctic exploration's biggest disaster -- Fridtjof Nansen travels " farthest north" and Roald Amundsen discovers the Northwest passage -- Robert Peary and Fredrick Cook race to the North Pole -- Gretel Ehrlich explores Greenland's nature and its native peoples -- Antarctic: Antarctic exploration time line -- Captain James Cook's three voyages to Antarctica's edge -- James Clark Ross explores Antarctica by ship -- Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen race to the South Pole -- Ernest Shackleton attempts to cross Antarctica -- Admiral Richard E. Byrd is first to fly over the South Pole -- Scientist Bill Green studies Antarctic Lakes.

Summary:

Describes the travels and adventures of Arctic and Antarctic explorers throughout history, from Eric the Red in 981 or 982 to Gretel Ehrlich in 2000.

ISBN:

1556525001
9781556525001

OCLC:

(OCoLC)51931220

LCCN:

2003004379

Locations:

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)