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Polar Explorer

Author : Jade Hameister
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781250317698

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Polar Explorer by Jade Hameister Pdf

Polar Explorer is an inspiring and empowering story by sixteen-year-old Jade Hameister, chronicling her feat of being the youngest person to complete the Polar Hat Trick... From her first trip to Everest Base Camp as a young woman, Jade Hameister knew what she wanted to achieve - the impossible. Jade began her quest to complete the Polar Hat Trick in April 2016 when she was fourteen. She became the youngest person to ski to the North Pole from anywhere outside the last degree - the point where most people begin - and was named Australian Geographic Society’s Young Adventurer of the Year. But that was just the beginning. In June of 2017, she became the youngest woman to complete the crossing of Greenland, the second largest ice cap on the planet. On January 11, 2018, she arrived at the South Pole after an epic 37 day journey through Antarctica, becoming the youngest person to ski to both Poles and the youngest person to complete the Polar Hat Trick. This book will motivate and encourage young people to follow their dreams, no matter how impossible they may seem.

My Life as an Explorer

Author : Roald Amundsen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781108071437

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My Life as an Explorer by Roald Amundsen Pdf

The 1927 autobiography, in English translation, of the first man to traverse the North-West Passage and to reach the South Pole.

Shackleton

Author : Ranulph Fiennes
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781405938037

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Shackleton by Ranulph Fiennes Pdf

Discover the exhilarating true story of Ernest Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition Told through the words of the world's greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes - one of the only men to understand his experience first-hand . . . 'For anyone with a passion for polar exploration, this is a must read' NEW YORK TIMES 'THE definitive book on Shackleton and no one could have done it better . . . an authentic account by one of the few men who truly knows what it's like to challenge Antarctica' LORRAINE KELLY _________ In 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to be the first to traverse the Antarctic was cut short when his ship, Endurance, became trapped in ice. He and his crew should have died. Instead, through a long, dark winter, Shackleton fought back: enduring sub-zero temperatures, a perilous lifeboat journey across icy seas, and a murderous march over glaciers to seek help. Shackleton's epic trek is one of history's most enthralling adventures. But who was he? How did previous Antarctic expeditions and his rivalry with Captain Scott forge him? And what happened afterwards to the man many believed was invincible? In this astonishing account, Fiennes brings the story vividly to life in a book that is part celebration, part vindication and all adventure. _________ 'Fiennes makes a fine guide on voyage into Shackleton's world . . . What makes this book so engaging is the author's own storytelling skills' Irish Independent 'Fiennes relates these tales of exploration and survival, adding insight to Shackleton's journeys unlike any other biographer' Radio Times Praise for Sir Ranulph Fiennes: 'The World's Greatest Living Explorer' Guinness Book of Records 'Full of awe-inspiring details of hardship, resolve and weather that defies belief, told by someone of unique authority. No one is more tailor-made to tell [this] story than Sir Ranulph Fiennes' Newsday 'Fiennes' own experiences certainly allow him to write vividly and with empathy of the hell that the men went through' Sunday Times 'Fiennes brings the promised perspective of one who has been there, illuminating Shackleton's actions by comparing them with his own. Beginners to the Heroic Age will enjoy this volume, as will serious polar adventurers seeking advice. For all readers, it's a tremendous story' Sara Wheeler, The Wall Street Journal

I, Matthew Henson

Author : Carole Boston Weatherford
Publisher : Bloomsbury Children's Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781547608966

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I, Matthew Henson by Carole Boston Weatherford Pdf

Details the life of Matthew Henson, one of the first people to reach the North Pole.

Philosophy for Polar Explorers

Author : Erling Kagge
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781524749118

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Philosophy for Polar Explorers by Erling Kagge Pdf

A thoughtful and eloquent meditation that invites us to treat life like a grand exploration and illuminates the possibilities that await us when we do—from “a philosophical adventurer—or perhaps an adventurous philosopher” (The New York Times). Erling Kagge is one of the world’s most accomplished explorers. He was the first to conquer all three poles on foot, by climbing Mount Everest and walking to the North and South Poles. In this thought-provoking and inspiring book, he uses the wisdom and expertise he has gained on his travels to reflect on life, nature, and humanity. Simple things like getting up early and accepting failure can make a difference, whether battling an arctic storm or stuck in traffic. And practices such as cultivating optimism and being open-minded when pursuing goals can benefit our lives enormously, wherever our paths may take us.

Polar Explorers for Kids

Author : Maxine Snowden
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2003-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781613742631

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Polar Explorers for Kids by Maxine Snowden Pdf

Heroism and horror abound in these true stories of 16 great explorers who journeyed to the Arctic and Antarctic regions, two exquisite and unique ice wildernesses. Recounted are the exciting North Pole adventures of Erik the Red in 982 and the elusive searches for the &“Northwest Passage&” and &“Farthest North&” of Henry Hudson, Fridtjof Nansen, Fredrick Cook, and Robert Peary. Coverage of the South Pole begins with Captain Cook in 1772; continues through the era of land grabbing and the race to reach the Pole with James Clark Ross, Roald Amundsen, Robert Scott, and Ernest Shackleton; and ends with an examination of the scientists at work there today. Astounding photographs and journal entries, sidebars on the Inuit and polar animals, and engaging activities bring the harrowing expeditions to life. Activities include making a Viking compass, building a model igloo, making a cross staff to measure latitude, creating a barometer, making pemmican, and writing a newspaper like William Parry's &“Winter Chronicle.&” The North and South Poles become exciting routes to learning about science, geography, and history.

Amundsen, the polar explorer

Author : Fernando G. Rodriguez
Publisher : Editorial Weeble
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-16
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Amundsen, the polar explorer by Fernando G. Rodriguez Pdf

The story of Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen told for children. The first man to reach the South Pole. One recent epics of humanity with a clear, simple, enjoyable and suitable for children and young style. Recommended Age: 8 to 99 years

The Polar Adventures of a Rich American Dame

Author : Joanna Kafarowski
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459739727

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The Polar Adventures of a Rich American Dame by Joanna Kafarowski Pdf

The first comprehensive biography of Louise Arner Boyd — the intrepid American socialite who reinvented herself as the leading female polar explorer of the twentieth century. Born in the late 1880s to a gritty mining magnate who made his millions in the California gold rush and a well-bred mother descended from one of New York’s distinguished families, society beauty Louise Arner Boyd was raised during a glittering era. After inheriting a staggering family fortune, she began leading a double life. She fell under the spell of the north in the late 1920s after a sailing excursion to the Arctic Ocean. Over the next three decades, she achieved international notoriety as a rugged and audacious polar explorer while maintaining her flamboyant lifestyle as a leading society woman. Yet despite organizing, financing, and directing seven daring Arctic expeditions between 1926 and 1955, she is virtually unknown today.

You Wouldn't Want to Be a Polar Explorer!

Author : Jen Green
Publisher : Children's Press
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1536409014

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You Wouldn't Want to Be a Polar Explorer! by Jen Green Pdf

Get ready . . . as a brave young sailor looking for adventure, you are about to join Ernest Shackleton's expedition to icy Antarctica as a polar explorer. Find out all about the men who undertook this courageous journey and the perils they faced alon

The Spectral Arctic

Author : Shane McCorristine
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781787352469

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The Spectral Arctic by Shane McCorristine Pdf

Visitors to the Arctic enter places that have been traditionally imagined as otherworldly. This strangeness fascinated audiences in nineteenth-century Britain when the idea of the heroic explorer voyaging through unmapped zones reached its zenith. The Spectral Arctic re-thinks our understanding of Arctic exploration by paying attention to the importance of dreams and ghosts in the quest for the Northwest Passage. The narratives of Arctic exploration that we are all familiar with today are just the tip of the iceberg: they disguise a great mass of mysterious and dimly lit stories beneath the surface. In contrast to oft-told tales of heroism and disaster, this book reveals the hidden stories of dreaming and haunted explorers, of frozen mummies, of rescue balloons, visits to Inuit shamans, and of the entranced female clairvoyants who travelled to the Arctic in search of John Franklin’s lost expedition. Through new readings of archival documents, exploration narratives, and fictional texts, these spectral stories reflect the complex ways that men and women actually thought about the far North in the past. This revisionist historical account allows us to make sense of current cultural and political concerns in the Canadian Arctic about the location of Franklin’s ships.

A Short History of Polar Exploration

Author : Nick Rennison
Publisher : Oldcastle Books
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843440918

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A Short History of Polar Exploration by Nick Rennison Pdf

According to Apsley Cherry-Garrard, one of the men who went to Antarctica with Captain Scott, 'Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time that has ever been devised. ' Despite this there has never been a shortage of volunteers willing to endure the bad times in pursuit of the glory that polar exploration sometimes brings. Nick Rennison's compelling book tells the memorable stories of the men and women who have risked their lives by entering the white wastelands of the Arctic and the Antarctic, from the compelling tales of Scott, Shacklet on and Amundsen, to lesser known heroes such as Fridtjof Nansen and Robert Peary. A Short History of Polar Exploration also looks at the hold that the polar regions have often had on the imaginations of artists and writers in the last two hundred years examining the pain tings, films and literature that they have inspired.

Polar Exploration

Author : William Speirs Bruce
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4064066064396

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Polar Exploration by William Speirs Bruce Pdf

Journey to the icy realms of the polar regions with "Polar Exploration" by William Speirs Bruce. Published in the 1910s, this book offers a comprehensive account of various expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. Bruce, a renowned explorer himself, provides detailed insights into the challenges, discoveries, and scientific advancements made during these daring voyages. It's a must-read for those fascinated by exploration, history, and the natural world.

Push to the Pole: Polar Explorers

Author : Judy A. Johnson
Publisher : Lorenz Educational Press
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780787719388

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Push to the Pole: Polar Explorers by Judy A. Johnson Pdf

Do you ever feel under the weather or have a short time to fill before a school assembly? Keep your students learning with this cross-curricular unit. In this packet, you will find a nonfiction article about two American explorers and their discovery of the North Pole. Also provided are worksheets and extension activities to continue the learning experience. It is perfect for those "I just can't teach right now" moments.

Philosophy for Polar Explorers

Author : Erling Kagge
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781524749125

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Philosophy for Polar Explorers by Erling Kagge Pdf

In Philosophy for Polar Explorers, Erling Kagge, renowned explorer and acclaimed author of Silence and Walking, provides a thoughtful and eloquent meditation on adventure and discovery. Erling Kagge is one of the world’s most accomplished explorers. He was the first to conquer all three poles on foot, by climbing Mount Everest and walking to the North and South Poles. In this thought-provoking and inspiring book, he uses the wisdom and expertise he has gained on his travels to reflect on life, nature, and humanity. Simple things like getting up early and accepting failure can make a difference, whether battling an arctic storm or stuck in traffic. And practices such as cultivating optimism and being open-minded when pursuing goals can benefit our lives enormously, wherever our paths may take us. Punctuated with lyrical stories from his own experience and travels, Philosophy for Polar Explorers invites us to treat life like a grand exploration and illuminates the possibilities that await us when we do.

The White Darkness

Author : David Grann
Publisher : Doubleday
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780385544580

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The White Darkness by David Grann Pdf

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager, a thrilling and powerful true story of adventure and obsession in the Antarctic, lavishly illustrated with color photographs. "[Grann is] one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine Henry Worsley was a devoted husband and father and a decorated British special forces officer who believed in honor and sacrifice. He was also a man obsessed. He spent his life idolizing Ernest Shackleton, the nineteenth-century polar explorer, who tried to become the first person to reach the South Pole, and later sought to cross Antarctica on foot. Shackleton never completed his journeys, but he repeatedly rescued his men from certain death, and emerged as one of the greatest leaders in history. Worsley felt an overpowering connection to those expeditions. He was related to one of Shackleton's men, Frank Worsley, and spent a fortune collecting artifacts from their epic treks across the continent. He modeled his military command on Shackleton's legendary skills and was determined to measure his own powers of endurance against them. He would succeed where Shackleton had failed, in the most brutal landscape in the world. In 2008, Worsley set out across Antarctica with two other descendants of Shackleton's crew, battling the freezing, desolate landscape, life-threatening physical exhaustion, and hidden crevasses. Yet when he returned home he felt compelled to go back. On November 13, 2015, at age 55, Worsley bid farewell to his family and embarked on his most perilous quest: to walk across Antarctica alone. David Grann tells Worsley's remarkable story with the intensity and power that have led him to be called "simply the best narrative nonfiction writer working today." Illustrated with more than fifty stunning photographs from Worsley's and Shackleton's journeys, The White Darkness is both a gorgeous keepsake volume and a spellbinding story of courage, love, and a man pushing himself to the extremes of human capacity. Look for David Grann’s latest bestselling book, The Wager!