Santa Claus is missing, and a host of arctic animals searches for him in the snow.

Find out what's it like at the coldest places on earth.

"The lives and adventures of seven intrepid women are revealed in "this gem of a book... as captivating as the northern landscape itself"( Portland Book Review ). Polar explorers were the superstars of the "heroic age" of exploration, a period spanning the Victorian and Edwardian eras. In Polar Wives, Kari Herbert reveals the unpredictable, often heartbreaking lives of seven remarkable women whose husbands became world-famous for their Arctic and...

Runt joins a team from his school in icy Upper Worb, where they battle beasts and compete to find a rare mineral against a team from Dr. Pravus's school that includes Runt's former best friend, Syke.

Examines the variety of animal and plant life found in the polar regions.

Il est incontestable que l'Islande et le Groenland sont deux territoires différents, bien qu'ils soient voisins. Le Groenland a été qualifié de plus grande île du monde. Pendant près de cinq siècles, des Scandinaves vécurent là dans des colonies bien délimitées tandis que sur le reste de l'île, vivaient des Inuits. L'Islande a connu un peuplement modeste. Les Islandais construisirent une société qui ressemblait aux autres sociétés...

In 1909, after two decades of strenuous efforts, the Peary Arctic Club expedition team triumphantly arrived at the North Pole. Commander Peary and his African-American companion, Matthew Henson, had endured several failed attempts to cross hundreds of miles of frozen ocean. But with their growing skill and experience, along with the assistance of Inuit guides, the explorers successfully planted the U.S. flag at the top of the world. This is Matthew...

Amazing Arctic & Antarctic Projects You Can Build Yourself explores the Earth's polar regions with 25 interactive projects, activities, and experiments. Kids ages 9 and up will discover that the coldest places on Earth hold fascinating scientific wonders and mysteries. Historical facts and anecdotes, biographies, and fascinating trivia support the fun projects to teach young readers about the harsh polar climate, immense Arctic tundra, magical Northern...

On 14 December 1911, the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team became the first human beings to reach the South Pole, just over a month before Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova expedition. He had already led the first expedition to traverse the North West Passage, and would go on to lead the first successful attempt to cross the Arctic by air (perhaps even becoming the first to reach the North Pole, according to some interpretations)....