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At the Mountains of Madness is a novella by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. The story has inadvertently popularized the concept of ancient astronauts, as well as Antarctica's place in the "ancient astronaut mythology". The story is told in first-person perspective by the geologist William Dyer, a professor at Miskatonic University. He writes to disclose hitherto unknown and closely kept secrets in the hope that he can deter a planned and much publicized...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Explore Antarctica--the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on Earth--in this adventure-filled title in the Who HQ series. Antarctica, the earth's southernmost continent, was virtually untouched by humans until the nineteenth century. Many famous explorers journeyed (and often died) there in the hope of discovering a land that always seemed out of reach. This book introduces readers to this desert--yes, desert!--continent that holds about 90...
3) Antarctica
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to Antarctica. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade--
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English
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"Gripping and superb. This book will steal the night from you." —Laurence Gonzales, author of Deep Survival
On January 17, 1913, alone and near starvation, Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, was hauling a sledge to get back to base camp. The dogs were gone. Now Mawson himself plunged through a snow bridge, dangling over an abyss by the sledge harness. A line of poetry gave him the will
...5) Eight below
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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An American geologist flies to Antarctica to participate in a project at the United States Research Base. Once there, he teams up with arctic guide Jerry Shepard and his best friend, Cooper. The scientist soon discovers that Shepard also has eight other valuable friends, a pack of sled dogs he's worked with for years who have rescued him from a number of tight spots. As the three men explore a frozen mountain region, an unexpected accident coupled...
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Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
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352 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"The world has fallen. Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has claimed the planet for their own. There are no negotiations, no demands, no reasons given for their actions. All they have is a message: humanity has thirty days to reach the one place on Earth where they will be allowed to exist...Antarctica. Cold People follows the perilous journeys of a handful of those who endure the frantic exodus to the most extreme environment on...
7) Antarctica
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
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144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
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English
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This book details the history, culture, and geography of Antarctica--Provided by publisher.
8) Vostok
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English
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East Antarctica: The coldest, most desolate location on Earth. Two and a half miles below the ice cap is Vostok, a six-thousand-square-mile liquid lake, over a thousand feet deep, left untouched for more than fifteen million years. Now, marine biologist Zachary Wallace and two other scientists aboard a submersible tethered to a laser will journey 13,000 feet beneath the ice into this unexplored realm to discover Mesozoic life forms long believed...
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Slingshot Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 38 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Originally shown at IMAX and OMNIMAX theaters, this exploration of Antarctica takes you to a place like no other in the world. Discover Antarctica's wildlife and, through the words of explorer Robert Scott, relive the incredible adventures of the first men on this continent..
10) Happy feet
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Emperor Penguins from Antarctica each express their true love with a special heartsong of their own that expresses their very being. However, the misfit Mumble cannot sing. Instead he has an extraordinary talent to tap dance with almost magical energy and expression. Nevertheless, the leadership of the colony fearfully blames the young penguin's unorthodox ways for the lean fishing that threatens them all. Defiant in the face of unjust rejection,...
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A magical, intoxicating debut novel, both intimate and epic, that intertwines the past, present, and future of two lovers bound by the passing of great comets overhead and a coterie of remarkable ancestors. Roisin and Francois are immediately drawn to each other when they meet at a remote research base on the frozen ice sheets of Antarctica. At first glance, the pair could not be more different. Older by a few years, Roisin, a daughter of Ireland...
13) The stone idol
Author
Series
Hardy boys mystery stories volume 65
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2005, c1981
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
177 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Their search for an Easter Island idol takes the Hardy boys to Easter Island and on to investigate the theft of government material in Antarctica.
15) Antarctica
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Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.
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English
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A renowned marine biologist presents this extraordinary firsthand account of the discovery of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance--a century to the day after Shackleton's death--that captures the intrepid spirit that joins two mariners across the centuries, both of whom accomplished the impossible.
Author
Series
Jack and the geniuses volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Traveling to Antarctica for a prestigious science competition, twelve-year-old Jack and his genius foster siblings, Ava and Matt, become caught up in a mystery involving a missing scientist.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Nine year-old Sophie Scott embarks on a month-long mission to Antarctica with her father aboard an icebreaker and documents her adventure in the iceberg-strewn seas in a diary she fills with notes about the area's natural wonders.
19) Antarctica
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
112 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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