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Pole to Pole

Author : Michael Palin
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1474625827

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No.1 bestseller Michael Palin's epic journey from the North Pole to the South Pole. 'The cracked and fissured ice-pack offers no comfortable reassurance - no glimmer of any reward to the traveller who has made his way to the top of the world. The Arctic Ocean, known to the Victorians as the Sea of Ancient Ice, stares balefully back as we descend towards it, reflecting nothing but the question: Why?' Michael Palin's adventure begins when he is enrolled in the Royal and Ancient Polar Bear Society... Travelling by train, truck, raft, Ski-Doo, barge, balloon and bicycle, Michael Palin experiences every extreme the world has to offer. Braving the cold grip of the Arctic Circle, and the swirling snowstorms of Spitsbergen, Palin has to cope with friendly locals, occasional gunfire and his own unruly digestive system before he can finally stand in Scott's shoes at the South Pole, in the Land of the Midnight Sun.

From Pole to Pole

Author : Sven Anders Hedin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-27
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9791223021811

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"From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People" is an adventurous and informative work authored by Sven Anders Hedin. As the title suggests, the book takes readers on a captivating journey spanning from one pole of the Earth to the other, offering a rich tapestry of geographical exploration and cultural discovery. Through vivid prose and engaging storytelling, Hedin recounts his extraordinary expeditions across vast and remote landscapes, from the icy reaches of the Arctic to the frozen expanses of Antarctica. Along the way, readers are treated to firsthand accounts of the natural wonders and challenges encountered in these extreme environments. While the book is aimed at young readers, its appeal extends to audiences of all ages, as Hedin seamlessly weaves together elements of adventure, science, and cultural insight. Through his travels, readers gain a deeper understanding of the diverse peoples, wildlife, and landscapes that inhabit our planet's polar regions. "From Pole to Pole" serves not only as an enthralling adventure story but also as an educational resource, offering valuable lessons about exploration, conservation, and the interconnectedness of our world. With its blend of excitement and enlightenment, this book inspires readers to embrace curiosity, curiosity, and a sense of wonder about the world around them.

North Pole / South Pole

Author : Michael Bright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780711254749

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Fully-illustrated and with a fun and innovative flip-book format, the book provides the perfect way to explore and compare the extreme environments of the two Poles. Take a trip to the ends of the earth and discover the extreme environments of the North and South Poles. Find out which animals live where, what the weather and climate is like and the effect global warming is having. Beginning with the North Pole, the book introduces the geography and climate of the Arctic. Readers will discover how climate change is affecting sea ice and why multi-year ice is so important to walruses and polar bears. Find out what ice floes are and what lives under the ice. The many uses of the Arctic are explained, from the home it provides to whale hunters to the rocket and missile test sites it houses. And then flip the book over and you arrive in the South Pole... The famous race to reach the pole in 1911 is retold and readers will discover why the orca is the ultimate polar predator. The huge tabular icebergs, sub-glacial lakes, and ice chimneys of the Antarctic are brought to life in all their impressive glory, not to mention the sea spiders, 'death star' starfish and other undersea giants!

From Pole to Pole

Author : Garth James Cameron
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473834477

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Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) was the most successful polar explorer of his era using sledges, dogs, ski and ships. He is mainly remembered for being the first man to reach the South Pole on 14 December 1911. What is less often remembered is that he was also the first man to reach the North Pole on 12 May 1926 as the leader of the Amundsen- Ellsworth-Nobile expedition in the airship Norge. His involvement in aviation from 1909 to his death in 1928, has not been the subject of a detailed study until now.This book explores Amundsen's enthusiasm for flight from the moment he read about Bleriot's flight across the English Channel in an aeroplane on 25 July 1909. From that moment onwards he saw the potential of aircraft as vehicles to explore portions of the globe that remained unexplored in the first quarter of the 20th century. The man-lifting kites built by Einar Sem-Jacobsen took the life of his second in command, Ole Engelstad and were carried, but not used, during his 1910-1912 expedition to the South Pole. He saw aeroplanes flying in America and Germany in 1913 and in 1914 he was taught to fly by Sem-Jacobsen. He passed his flight test on a Farman Longhorn biplane on 1 June 1914 and in mid-1915 was issued with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (Norge) aeroplane pilot's certificate number one. He bought a Farman biplane to take with him on an expedition to the North Polar Sea but the outbreak of the Great War stopped the Expedition and Amundsen gave his Farman to the Norwegian government. After the war he acquired a Curtiss Oriole biplane and two Junkers F13's then in 1925 he embarked on a flight, which he barely survived, to the North Pole in two Dornier Wal flying boats. 1926 brought long delayed success when the Norge flew to the Pole and on to Alaska. On 18 June 1928 he and five companions took off from Tromso on a search and rescue flight for the missing airship Italia and were never seen again.

Climate Change from Pole to Pole

Author : Juanita M. Constible,Luke H. Sandro,Richard E. Lee
Publisher : NSTA Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781933531236

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Climate Change from Pole to Pole by Juanita M. Constible,Luke H. Sandro,Richard E. Lee Pdf

Climate Change From Pole to Pole: Biology Investigations offers timely, relevant, biology-based case studies and background information on how to teach the science of climate change. The six painstakingly researched and field-tested activities, which build on four content chapters, give students the opportunity to solve real-life scientific problems using guiding questions, graphs and data tables, short reading assignments, and independent research. This volume provides an authentic and rigorous way to engage students in science and environmental issues-- scientific methods, evidence, climate, and biological effects of climate change-- and is a unique and essential resource for your high school or college-level classroom.

From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People

Author : Sven Anders Hedin
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547102984

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This book is a travel adventure novel by the Swedish geographer and explorer, Sven Anders Hedrin. In the book Hedin describes his journeys through Asia and Europe between the late 1880s and the early 1900s. While traveling, Hedin visited Turkey, the Caucasus, Tehran, Iraq, lands of the Kyrgyz people and the Russian Far East, India, China and Japan. The book itself is intended as a description of the better known lands of his time and their inhabitants. In the first part of the book, Hedin's own voyages are described. The latter part however describe voyages undertaken by other famous explorers such as Livingstone, Stanley, Shackleton and Franklin.

North Pole, South Pole

Author : Gillian Turner
Publisher : The Experiment
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781615191321

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This “fantastic story” of one of physics’ great riddles takes us through centuries of scientific history (Simon Lamb, author of Devil in the Mountain). Why do compass needles point north—but not quite north? What guides the migration of birds, whales, and fish across the world’s oceans? How is Earth able to sustain life under an onslaught of solar wind and cosmic radiation? For centuries, the world’s great scientists have grappled with these questions, all rooted in the same phenomenon: Earth’s magnetism. Over two thousand years after the invention of the compass, Einstein called the source of Earth’s magnetic field one of greatest unsolved mysteries of physics. Here, for the first time, is the complete history of the quest to understand the planet’s attractive pull—from the ancient Greeks’ fascination with lodestone to the geological discovery that the North Pole has not always been in the North—and to the astonishing modern conclusions that finally revealed the true source. Richly illustrated and skillfully told, North Pole, South Pole unfolds the human story behind the science: that of the inquisitive, persevering, and often dissenting thinkers who unlocked the secrets at our planet’s core. “In recent years, many very good books for interested non-scientists have been published: Richard Dawkins’s Climbing Mount Improbable and The Ancestor’s Tale, Stephen Jay Gould’s The Lying Stones of Marrakech, and Dava Sobel’s Longitude and The Planets, to name some of them. North Pole, South Pole . . . is a worthy addition to that list . . . Turner has a great story to tell, and she tells it well.” —The Press (New Zealand)

Pole to Pole

Author : Pat Farmer
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781742377841

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In a feat that ranks with the brave and inspiring deeds of Scott of the Antarctic, Sir Edmund Hillary and Jessica Watson, famed Australian ultramarathon runner Pat Farmer did what no human has ever done: run from the North Pole to South Pole. His mission: to raise money for the Red Cross to fund water projects in the world's neediest regions.

The North Pole and the South Pole

Author : Pierre Winters
Publisher : Clavis
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : 1605372064

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Want to Know books are informative picture books that answer the questions of young children. Some subjects are familiar to them, others are less familiar. The books deal with the world and the environment around us, with our past and present. In a playful and clever way, these books tell children what they want to know. Do you want to know everything about the North and the South Poles? This book tells you what they are, and what they look like. You ll find out about the animals and people who live there, and what they do. The book also contains a fun activity, a verse, a big foldout page and a mini-quiz, so that you can become a real expert. An informative, interactive picture book for children ages 5 and up about the WOW elements of the world, the North and South Poles."

My Attainment Of The Pole

Author : Frederick Cook
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-19
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9791041982455

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My Attainment Of The Pole by Frederick Cook Pdf

"My Attainment of the Pole" is a controversial account written by Frederick A. Cook, claiming to be the first person to reach the North Pole. Published in 1911, Cook details his alleged journey, providing descriptions of the harsh Arctic conditions, challenges faced, and the ultimate triumph of reaching the pole. However, Cook's claim faced skepticism and scrutiny from other explorers and scholars of the time, most notably Robert E. Peary, who also asserted to have reached the North Pole. The conflicting narratives and lack of concrete evidence have led to a historical debate over the legitimacy of Cook's achievement. Despite the controversy surrounding Cook's claim, "My Attainment of the Pole" remains an intriguing document, offering readers insight into the intense competition and disputes that characterized the race to the North Pole during the early 20th century.

I Am A Pole (And So Can You!)

Author : Stephen Colbert
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-08
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781455523405

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I Am A Pole (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert Pdf

"The sad thing is, I like it" - Maurice Sendak "The perfect gift to give a child or grandchild for their high school or college graduation. Also Father's Day. Also, other times." - Stephen Colbert

The Path of the Pole

Author : Charles H. Hapgood
Publisher : Adventures Unlimited Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0932813712

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Hapgood's tour de force is back in print! This riveting account of how earth's poles have flipped positions many times is the culmination of Hapgood's extensive research of Antarctica, ancient maps and the geological record. This amazing book discusses the various pole shifts in earth's history -- occurring when earth's crust slips in the inner core -- and gives evidence for each one. It also predicts future pole shifts: a planetary alignment will cause the next one on 5 May 2000! Packed with illustrations, this book is the reference other books on the subject cite over and over again. With millennium madness in full swing, this is just the book to generate even more excitement at the unknown possibilities.

The Pole

Author : Eric Walters
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780143181514

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The Pole is Eric Walters’s powerful fictionalized retelling of Robert Peary’s 1909 expedition to the North Pole aboard The Roosevelt, as experienced by a young cabin boy named Danny, away from home and at sea for the very first time. This highly adventurous tale features Canadian hero Robert Bartlett, captain of The Roosevelt (featured in Walters’s mega-bestselling Trapped in Ice), and Matthew Henson, Peary’s assistant and the first African-American Arctic explorer.

From Pole to Pole

Author : George Griffith
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547407706

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From Pole to Pole by George Griffith is about the latest experiment examined by Professor Hafkin and Mr. Arthur Princeps: the journey through the center of the earth. Excerpt: "Well, Professor, what is it? Something pretty important, I suppose, from the wording of your note. What is the latest achievement? Have you solved the problem of aerial navigation, or got a glimpse into the realms of the fourth dimension, or what?" "No, not any of those as yet, my friend, but something that may be quite as wonderful of its sort," replied Professor Haffkin, putting his elbows down on the table and looking keenly across it under his shaggy, iron-grey eyebrows at the young man who was sitting on the opposite side pulling meditatively at a good cigar and sipping a whisky-and-soda."

Schaum Pop Favorites, B: The Blue Book

Author : Wesley Schaum
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 145745985X

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The pieces in this series are long-time favorites that have appeal for pianists of all ages. Very carefully correlated to standard piano method levels, each book contains arrangements that are musically appropriate to that level. The arrangements are teacher friendly, even for the teacher who is reluctant to add pop music to the curriculum. And the series is student friendly -- there will be willing practice! Titles: * Begin the Beguine * Evergreen * I Only Have Eyes for You * Stairway to Heaven * 'S Wonderful * Star Wars (Main Title) * Tea for Two * Theme from A Summer Place * The Thorn Birds (Main Theme) * The Wind Beneath My Wings * Your Smiling Face.