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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Antarctica is a land of extremes--the coldest, windiest, highest, and driest place on the planet. It's a world where the sun stays hidden half of the year and where visitors must undergo a week of special training before it's safe to go outside (watch out for lava bombs!). It's also a place of stark beauty, history, and endless scientific research. Join beloved author G. Neri on his long-dreamed-of voyage to the ice, where he taps into his inner...
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Estranged friends Dean and Bethan meet after five years apart when they are drawn to a network of caves on a remote Arctic island. Bethan and her friends are environmental activists, determined to protect the land. But Dean's group's exploitation of rare earth minerals deep in the caves unleashes an horrific contagion that has rested frozen and undisturbed for many millennia. Fleeing the terrors emerging from the caves, Dean and Bethan and their rival...
3) Finding bear
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"While journeying to the northernmost reaches of the Arctic, April Wood discovers a tiny polar bear cub in desperate need of her help, and in freezing temperatures and on dangerous terrain, she must face her deepest fears to save him"--
Series
Polar bear in love volume 5
Publisher
Yen Press, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"'Here comes my love! Catch!' Despite Orca's warning, Polar Bear is determined not to give up on his love for Seal. They set off together in search of Cathy, whose past with Orca is finally unveiled! Now with newly strengthened feelings, where are the cross-species couples headed next?- cover page 4.
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Victorian explorer William Day, 13 years after a failed expedition resulted in abandonment, betrayal and cannibalism, embarks on an uncanny journey into his past to find his missing second-in-command during which he must face up to the things he's done as the restless dead follow closely behind.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach...
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