Trial by Ice: A Photobiography of Sir Ernest Shackleton by K. M. Kostyal, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, 1999
Photographs and text describe the adventurous life of the Antarctic explorer Shackleton, whose ship was crushed by Antarctic ice on one of his expeditions, but who managed an escape by sailing 700 miles in a small boat.
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackelton and the Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong, Crown Publishers, Inc., Random House, New York, NY, 1998.
A description of the 1914 expedition to Antarctica, in which Shackelton's ship Endurance was crushed, and of the perilous journey to safety in a small boat to reach inhabited land.
Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights by Debbie S. Miller, illustrated by Jon Van Zyle, Walker Books, New York, NY 2003
A description of the unique light phenomena of the Alaskan Arctic and the way that animals adapt to the temperature and daylight changes each month of the year.
Ice Bear and Little Fox by Jonathan London, paintings by Daniel San Souci, Dutton Children's Books, Penguin Putnam, Inc., New York, NY, 1998
This book follows the life of a polar bear and a little fox that follows the bear to live on the bear's leftovers, as they survive a year in the Arctic.
Arctic Animals by Bobbie Kalman, Crabtree Publishing Company, New York, NY, 1993
An explanation of the habitat, physical characteristics, and behavior of diferent kinds of Arctic animals.
Raven and River by Nancy White Carlstrom, illustrated by Jon Van Zyle, Little Brown and Company, Boston, MA 1997
Raven and the other animals try to awaken the frozen river to the coming Alaskan springtime.
Over the Top of the World: Explorer Will Steger's Trek Across the Arctic by Will Steger and Jon Bowermaster, Scholastic Press, New York, NY 1997
An account of Will Steger's expedition in 1994 from Russia to Canada across the Arctic by way of the North Pole travelling by dog sled and canoe.
Welcome to the Ice House by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Laura Regan, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, NY 1998.
The coming of warm weather to the arctic brings an explosion of of color from flowering plants and a thundering return of caribou and other wildlife that vanish again in the icy winter leaving the polar bears and foxes.
A Small Tall Tale From the Far, Far North by Peter Sis, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY,1993
With the help of Eskimos, Jan Welzel survives a perilous journey from central Europe to the arctic in the late 1800s in this folk tale from Czechoslovakia.
Tom's Rabbit: A Surprise on the Way to Antarctica by Meridith Hooper, illustrated by Bert Kitchen, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, 1998
The story of a pet on an expedition to Antarctica in 1910 on the ship Terra Nova with explorer Robert Scott based on diaries of the sailors.
Antarctica by Helen Cowcher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, NY 1990
Penguins, seals and skuas raise their young in Antarctica where there is danger everywhere, but a new danger arrives in the form of ships with helicopters.
Antarctic Encounter: Destination South Georgia by Sally Poncet, photographs by Ben Osborne, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York, NY 1995
A true story of a trip to South Georgia Island near the antarctic by 3 children with their scientist parents to survey the abundant wildlife and the abandoned whaling village.
Alone Across the Arctic: One Woman's Epic journey by Dog Team by Pam Flowers with Ann Dixon, Alaska Northwest Books, Portland OR, 2002
This book describes a dog sled trip by Pam Flowers from Barrow on the Actic Ocean across northeren Alaska and Canada to Repulse Bay at the northern end of Hudson Bay.
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