The Resource Antarctica : journeys to the South Pole, Walter Dean Myers
Antarctica : journeys to the South Pole, Walter Dean Myers
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Resource Information
The item Antarctica : journeys to the South Pole, Walter Dean Myers represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
- Summary
- Walter Dean Myers presents a thrilling record of Antarctica and the expedition parties that have uncovered the frozen continent throughout history. Walter Dean Myers brings the dramatic race to the South Pole to life in Antarctica, tracking the explorers of the South Pole - including James Cook, Ernest Shackleton, and Richard Evelyn Bird - and the dangers they encountered there, as well as their contributions to science. The heroism and adventure - and sometimes the ultimate failure - of the expeditions are depicted in Myers's powerful prose, and through the photos, maps, and illustrations that complement the text
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 134 p.
- Contents
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- Into the unknown: James Cook crosses the antarctic Circle
- Hard work in the frigid cold
- Race begins: James Clark Ross's South Pole expedition
- Tyrant: Charles Wilkes and the first American scientific expedition to Antarctica
- Exploration in the moder age
- Discover expedition
- Ernest Shackleton and the Nimrod expedition
- Isbn
- 9780439220033
- Label
- Antarctica : journeys to the South Pole
- Title
- Antarctica
- Title remainder
- journeys to the South Pole
- Statement of responsibility
- Walter Dean Myers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Walter Dean Myers presents a thrilling record of Antarctica and the expedition parties that have uncovered the frozen continent throughout history. Walter Dean Myers brings the dramatic race to the South Pole to life in Antarctica, tracking the explorers of the South Pole - including James Cook, Ernest Shackleton, and Richard Evelyn Bird - and the dangers they encountered there, as well as their contributions to science. The heroism and adventure - and sometimes the ultimate failure - of the expeditions are depicted in Myers's powerful prose, and through the photos, maps, and illustrations that complement the text
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1937-2014
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Myers, Walter Dean
- Dewey number
- 919.8/904
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- G863
- LC item number
- .M94 2004
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Antarctica
- Antarctica
- Explorers
- South Pole
- Antarctica
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Antarctica : journeys to the South Pole, Walter Dean Myers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Into the unknown: James Cook crosses the antarctic Circle -- Hard work in the frigid cold -- Race begins: James Clark Ross's South Pole expedition -- Tyrant: Charles Wilkes and the first American scientific expedition to Antarctica -- Exploration in the moder age -- Discover expedition -- Ernest Shackleton and the Nimrod expedition
- Control code
- ocm54372969
- Dimensions
- 27 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 134 p.
- Isbn
- 9780439220033
- Lccn
- 2004002501
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Label
- Antarctica : journeys to the South Pole, Walter Dean Myers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Into the unknown: James Cook crosses the antarctic Circle -- Hard work in the frigid cold -- Race begins: James Clark Ross's South Pole expedition -- Tyrant: Charles Wilkes and the first American scientific expedition to Antarctica -- Exploration in the moder age -- Discover expedition -- Ernest Shackleton and the Nimrod expedition
- Control code
- ocm54372969
- Dimensions
- 27 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 134 p.
- Isbn
- 9780439220033
- Lccn
- 2004002501
- Other physical details
- ill.
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