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Language
English
Description
A NASA satellite discovered what looked like a rare artifact beneath the Arctic ice, so the White House sent intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton with the team of experts that were supposed to verify the find. What Rachel and scholar Michael Tolland find is a piece of scientific trickery that someone wants to pass off as real. Rachel and Michael must flee across the desolate, lethal landscape of the Arctic to escape a band of assassins who don't want...
3) Arctic drift
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A potential breakthrough discovery to reverse global warming . . . a series of unexplained sudden deaths in British Columbia . . . a rash of international incidents between the United States and one of its closest allies that threatens to erupt into an actual shooting war . . . NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his children, Dirk. Jr. and Summer, have reason to believe there's a connection here somewhere, but they also know they have very little time to...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
370L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sophie is uninterested in writing a research report on polar bears until a polar bear named Olafur swoops her away to the Arctic, where she learns all about the playful bear's habits and habitat, from glacier mice to Northern Lights" --
5) Blown away
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
An unexpected adventure with his friends and a kite convinces Penguin Blue that he is not built for flying, and that he belongs on solid ice.
6) Icebound
Author
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A secret Arctic experiment turns into a frozen nightmare when a team of scientists, stranded on a drifting iceberg with a massive explosive charge, battle the elements for survival, only to discover that one of them is a murderer.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
As the weather grows wilder and the ice caps melt, Arctic bears starve, dragons awake, the earth goddess Gaia becomes restless, and Alexa, the daughter of best-selling author David Rain, uses her special abilities in an attempt to save the world from the forces of evil.
Author
Series
Magic tree house volume 12
Pub. Date
1998
Lexile measure
570L
Physical Desc
71 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to the Arctic, where a polar bear leads them onto very thin ice.
Author
Lexile measure
AD 730L
Language
English
Description
Wolf cub Wilf is convinced that he has what it takes to lead the pack, but the adults just laugh--and when he falls behind and finds himself alone in the dark of the Arctic night he discovers that it is really important to have friends who will show you the way home.
15) Seb and the sun
Author
Publisher
Ripple Grove Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Seb is determined to find some light for his sleepy coastal town. It is so far north, the sun does not shine in winter and the days are cold, dreary, and dark as night. So Seb embarks on a mission to find the sun. Along with his friend Walrus, he makes a plan, collects supplies, and rows far out to sea. Will Seb be able to find the sun and bring its light and warmth back to his town?"--
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Lexile measure
520L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When his older sister Julie brings home two small wolf pups, Amaroq takes care of the one called Nutik and grows to love it, even though Julie tells him it cannot stay.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
265 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
As Duane, a polar bear, explores his new home he makes friends with the wide variety of creatures he encounters, despite their varied personalities.--
18) Fire star
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Hardcover ed.
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
549 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
David Rain is faced with the most perilous task yet when Gwilanna returns, this time determined to resurrect the dragon Gawain on the ice cap of the Tooth of Ragnar, unless David and her friends can stop her.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A polar bear waits patiently for spring when the ice breaks up, but after months of hunting, paddling, and resting on ice floes, summer ends and the bear must swim very far to find land. Includes facts about polar bears and the effect of climate change on their environment.
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 kit (1 book (31 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 31 cm), 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.), 1 polar bear stuffed animal (fabric ; approximately 18 cm)) ; in a plastic bag (40 x 26 cm) with white handles
Language
English
Description
In the warmth of spring, a polar bear awakens and begins to teach her cubs what they need to know to survive in the harsh conditions of the north coast of Alaska, on the Arctic Ocean.