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North Pole Promise

Author : S. Allen Counter
Publisher : Bauhan Pub
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 0872332462

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The untold story of the children left behind by explorers Peary and Henson

Matthew Henson

Author : Kathleen Olmstead
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1402760604

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Matthew Henson by Kathleen Olmstead Pdf

African American explorer Matthew Henson had been traveling with Robert E. Peary and his team in the arctic by dog sled for weeks. The temperature was almost sixty degrees below zero. After years of trying to reach the North Pole, would their quest end because of frigid conditions? And who would receive acclaim for being the first person to accomplish such a difficult goal? Henson was born not long after the Civil War, when life in the United States, especially for African Americans, was changing quickly. As a young man, he toured the world while working on a boat, where he experienced freedom and kindness from the captain, but faced racism from crew members as well as other people on shore. After leaving seafaring behind, Henson was to meet Lieutenant Robert E. Peary, a man who would alter the course of his life forever. He would accompany Peary on dangerous, exciting expeditions to Nicaragua, Northern Greenland, and finally the perilous North Pole. Book jacket.

North Pole Legacy

Author : S. Allen Counter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 0870238426

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Account of the lives of Anaukaq Henson and Kali Peary. The American-Eskimo sons of Matthew Henson and Robert Peary respectively, and their families in the village of Moriussaq, northern Greenland.

To the End of the Earth

Author : Tom Avery
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781466817586

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To the End of the Earth by Tom Avery Pdf

To the End of the Earth tells thrilling true adventure of a deadly trek to the North Pole, a 100 year old mystery and an inspiring tale of polar exploration April 2009 is the one-hundredth anniversary of perhaps the greatest controversy in the history of exploration. Did U.S. Naval Commander Robert Peary and his team dogsled to the North Pole in thirty-seven days in 1909? Or, as has been challenged, was this speed impossible, and was he a cheat? In 2005, polar explorer Tom Avery and his team set out to recreate this 100-year-old journey, using the same equipment as Peary, to prove that Peary had indeed done what he had claimed and discovered the North Pole. Navigating treacherous pressure ridges, deadly channels of open water, bitterly cold temperatures, and traveling in a similar style to Peary's with dog teams and replica wooden sledges bound together with cord, Avery tells the story of how his team covered 413 nautical miles to the North Pole in thirty-six days and twenty-two hours—some four hours faster than Peary. Weaving fascinating polar exploration history with thrilling extreme adventure, this is Avery's story of how he and his team nearly gave their lives proving Peary told the truth.

Exploring the North Pole: The Story of Robert Edwin Peary and Matthew Henson

Author : Josepha Sherman
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781612289472

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Exploring the North Pole: The Story of Robert Edwin Peary and Matthew Henson by Josepha Sherman Pdf

The Arctic, the far, frozen north, can be a very dangerous place for people to visit. The Arctic is almost always bitter cold, with temperatures that can go far below –50ºF and be in total darkness for four months out of a year. Terrible storms sweep across the ice and snow, and great crevasses, perilous openings in the ice, can swallow the unlucky traveler. By the early 1900s, many expeditions had tried to reach the farthest point north, the North Pole, but all of them had failed. Many explorers had died. Tales spread that no one could reach the North Pole. They warned that the land was cursed. But in the early twentieth century, two men decided to brave the Arctic again. They were Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson. And they were determined to do what no one had ever done. They were going to reach the North Pole.

Where Is the North Pole?

Author : Megan Stine,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780593093269

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Where Is the North Pole? by Megan Stine,Who HQ Pdf

Young armchair adventurers can travel to the topmost point on the globe and learn all about the vast region surrounding the North Pole. From the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series comes Where Is?, a series that tells the stories of world-famous landmarks and natural wonders and features a fold-out map! It might seem lonely at the top of the world, but the North Pole is teeming with life! Polar bears, walruses, and arctic seals make their home on sea ice that can be nine feet thick while the Inuit and other indigenous peoples continue their traditions and means for survival in this harsh climate. Along with the early twentieth-century story of Robert Peary’s egomaniacal quest to reach the exact spot of the North Pole, this is an exciting new addition to the Where Is? series.

Bruce the Fire Dog and His North Pole Friends Say Hello

Author : Buck Boylan
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781643505589

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Bruce the Fire Dog and His North Pole Friends Say Hello by Buck Boylan Pdf

In this book, all the characters from my first book titled Bruce the Fire Dog Saves Christmas come to life. You will experience detailed drawings of each character. These characters speak to you, the reader, in a person-to-person tone. They describe themselves in a self-profile style. They self-describe what they look like and some of their personality quirks. Bruce the Fire Dog brings the Santa Claus family to life by introducing Papa Claus; Moma Maria Claus; Santa's wife, Helen Claus; Santa's brother, Harold Claus; and his sister, Barbara Jean Claus. Papa Claus tells us of the sparkling, magical miracle of how he started the North Pole Village with just some trees, an ax, and three lily-white angels. Moma Claus tells the story of how she and Papa Claus fell in love and together lived in the new village with all those elf helpers. Harold Claus, the scientists, tells us about his new inventions that Papa and Santa needed. Barbara Jean Claus describes how the North Pole Toy Factory functions on the business side of things. Santa tells us of how he grew up at the North Pole and the extortionary measures Papa Claus went through to get him his new job. Bob the Scottish Elf says hello. Bob's now famed, flying, talking, and multicultural reindeer present themselves to you. They talk about how they each got a job at Bob's sleigh factory as well as giving some heartwarming social advice to children. Go ahead open your heart and imagination. After all, we are all children at heart. For information about "Bruce the Fire Dog and His North Pole Friends Say Hello", please go to https://buckboylan.com/.

The North Pole

Author : Robert E. Peary
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : EAN:8596547014607

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The North Pole by Robert E. Peary Pdf

The North Pole is a book by Robert E. Peary. It presents the discovery of The North Pole in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club in colorful fashion.

Eight Children in Narnia

Author : Jared Lodbell
Publisher : Open Court
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780812699104

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Eight Children in Narnia by Jared Lodbell Pdf

Eight Children in Narnia is a detailed study of C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, exploring the story’s influences, themes, symbols, ironies—and the reasons for its enormous popular success. Lobdell draws attention to insistent motifs in the work: the great house in the country, the past alive in the present, the life of the imagination, the mixture of the familiar and the adventurously new, the combination of pageant and satire, the child as judge, and the child as warrior. A prolific writer and literary scholar with an established reputation, Lewis decided quite late in life to write something completely new to him: a story for children, and he drew upon his own childhood memories as well as his literary and philosophical theories. Among the many important influences Lobdell identifies Bunyan, Swift, Kipling, and the popular children’s writer E. Nesbit, as well as the classic fairy-tale and medieval romance.

J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia

Author : Michael D. C. Drout
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780415969420

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J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia by Michael D. C. Drout Pdf

A detailed work of reference and scholarship, this one volume Encyclopedia includes discussions of all the fundamental issues in Tolkien scholarship written by the leading scholars in the field. Coverage not only presents the most recent scholarship on J.R.R. Tolkien, but also introduces and explores the author and scholar's life and work within their historical and cultural contexts. Tolkien's fiction and his sources of influence are examined along with his artistic and academic achievements - including his translations of medieval texts - teaching posts, linguistic works, and the languages he created. The 550 alphabetically arranged entries fall within the following categories of topics: adaptations art and illustrations characters in Tolkien's work critical history and scholarship influence of Tolkien languages biography literary sources literature creatures and peoples of Middle-earth objects in Tolkien's work places in Tolkien's work reception of Tolkien medieval scholars scholarship by Tolkien medieval literature stylistic elements themes in Tolkien's works theological/ philosophical concepts and philosophers Tolkien's contemporary history and culture works of literature

The Potential and the Promise of the Arctic

Author : United States. Department of the Interior. Office of Information
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Alaska
ISBN : MINN:31951D00744659D

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The Potential and the Promise of the Arctic by United States. Department of the Interior. Office of Information Pdf

Illustrated general account of tour of Canadian and Alaskan arctic made by Walter J. Hickel and Jean Chretien in August 1970.

Science, Geopolitics and Culture in the Polar Region

Author : Sverker Sörlin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317058939

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Science, Geopolitics and Culture in the Polar Region by Sverker Sörlin Pdf

Throughout the twentieth century, glaciologists and geophysicists from Denmark, Norway and Sweden made important scientific contributions across the Arctic and Antarctic. This research was of acute security and policy interest during the Cold War, as knowledge of the polar regions assumed military importance. But scientists also helped make the polar regions Nordic spaces in a cultural and political sense, with scientists from Norden punching far above their weight in terms of population, geographical size or economic activity. This volume presents an image of Norden that stretches far beyond its conventional limits, covering a vast area in the North Atlantic and the Arctic Sea, as well as parts of Antarctica. Rich in resources, scarce in population, but critically important in global and regional geopolitics, these spaces were contested by major powers such as Russia, the United States, Canada and, in the Antarctic, Argentina, Australia, South Africa and others. The empirical focus on Danish, Norwegian and Swedish influence in the polar regions during the twentieth century embraces a diverse array of themes, from the role of science in policy and diplomacy to the tensions between nationalism and internationalism, with clear relevance to the important role science plays in contemporary discussions about Nordic engagement with the polar regions.

The One Year Illustrations Club

Author : Richard Swift
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781678116194

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Round About the North Pole

Author : W. J. Gordon
Publisher : anboco
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9783736416345

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Round About the North Pole by W. J. Gordon Pdf

Among the many books about the Polar regions there is none quite like this, dealing with the gradual progress of exploration towards the north along the different areas of advance within the Arctic Circle. The subject is always interesting, for few regions have been the scene of more persistent effort and exciting adventure and unexpected gains from the unknown, particularly in the earlier days when the endeavour to find the northern passages to the east and west led to the beginning of our foreign trade. It is often asked, "What is the use of further Arctic discovery?" No one knows. Nor did any one know the use of most discoveries before they were made. When Eric landed in Greenland he was not in search of cryolite for aluminium. When Cabral sailed to Porto Seguro he knew nothing of the incandescent gas-mantle. When Oersted looped the live wire round the magnetic needle he was not bent on founding electrical engineering. And when Linnæus noticed the sleep of plants he had no intention of providing a substitute for a clock in high latitudes where, though vithe sunshine is continuous during the summer, the plants within the Circle sleep as in the night time, their sleeping leaves telling the traveller that midnight is at hand. Men have made up their minds to reach the Pole, and thither they will go. What they will find when they get there may not promise to be much, but what they have found round about it has been enough to influence considerably the history of the world. W. J. G.

The Race for the North Pole and Robert Peary in World History

Author : Karen Clemens Warrick
Publisher : Enslow Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766019330

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The Race for the North Pole and Robert Peary in World History by Karen Clemens Warrick Pdf

Describes the history of man's attempts to reach the North Pole, as well as the life and career of the Arctic explorer Robert Peary, who is credited with reaching the North Pole in 1909.