Wasatch County Library

"Polar bears and penguins may like cold weather but they live at opposite ends of the Earth. What do these animals have in common and how are they different? You might see them together at a zoo but they would never be found in the same habitats in the wild. Compare and contrast these polar animals through stunning photographs"--

Describes some of the animals that can be found in the polar regions, including polar bears, penguins, and seals.

"Bound for Antarctica, where polar explorer Ernest Shackleton planned to cross on foot the last uncharted continent, the Endurance set sail from England in August 1914. In January 1915, after battling its way for six weeks through a thousand miles of pack ice and now only a day's sail short of its destination, the Endurance became locked in an island of ice. For ten months the ice-moored Endurance drifted northwest before it was finally crushed. But...

A simple introduction to the baby and adult animals that live in polar regions.

This book describes the physical characteristics, behavior, eating habits, and reproduction of puffins.

Kurt Austin and the NUMA Special Assignments Team face a daunting task--saving all life on Earth--when an anti-globalization group decides to send a message to the world's industrialized nations by artificially triggering a polar shift.

"Turtles are found on every continent EXCEPT Antarctica. But not for long! When a David Attenborough-esque narrator explains that turtles are found everywhere except Antarctica, one determined turtle sets out to prove him wrong. After recruiting other non-Antarctic animals along the way-much to the narrator's dismay-the turtle and his adventurous friends travel through fields, forests, and cross an entire ocean to reach their goal. But what exactly...

On her first Archon expedition, Eva uncovers the Genesis, the legendary ship that brought the Founders to the New North, and the truth concealed within threatens to destroy their entire civilization unless Eva, as Archon and Angaqquk, can prevent a devastating battle.

Apsley Cherry-Garrard was the youngest member of Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated 1910 expedition to the South Pole. One of just three men to survive the notorious journey, he draws on his firsthand experiences as well as the diaries of other compatriots to create a detailed account of Scott's legendary expedition.

This New York Times–bestselling exploration of the Arctic, a National Book Award winner, is “one of the finest books ever written about the far North” (Publishers Weekly).
 
“The nation’s premier nature writer” travels to a landscape at once barren and beautiful, perilous and alluring, austere yet teeming with vibrant life, and shot through with human history (San Francisco...