Isolated and terrifyingly cold, the South Pole is every adventurer's dream and every adventurer's nightmare. Tess and her partner Pete joined the historic South Pole Race, to compete in the first race to the South Pole since Scott and Amundsen. Nobody said it was going to be easy.

An account--from the point of view of a pony--of what it was like to be part of Captain Robert Scott's 1910 expedition to reach the South Pole before rival Roald Amundsen.

A powerfully built man more than six feet tall, Amundsen's career of adventure began at the age of fifteen (he was born in Norway in 1872 to a family of merchant sea captains and rich ship owners). Twenty-five years later he was the first man to reach both the North and South Poles. The author, an adventurer and swimmer, author of Swimming to Antarctica, gives us in this new work a full-scale account of Amundsen's life and expeditions. We see Amundsen,...

"Molly, Cassandra, and Emmett are left with nothing but empty promises and a struggling pickle shop after the government covered up the crisis at the 1883 World's fair. So, when they learn of a daring expedition to the South Pole--where a meteorite of mysterious power is embedded and where Emmett's father disappeared years ago--they waste no time commandeering an experimental seacraft to make their play on the pole. But the trip is more treacherous...

"Blowing snow and frigid temperatures were no match for even the bravest explorers. Robert Falcon Scott led his men to their death amidst the frozen landscape near the South Pole in 1912. Follow along with the true story of a doomed expedition to uncharted land. Then, review what you've learned with a recap timeline and a quick quiz to check how much doomed history you remember"--

In November 1910, the vessel Terra Nova left New Zealand carrying an international team of explorers led by Robert Falcon Scott, an Englishman determined to be the first man to reach the South Pole. Scott kept a detailed journal of his adventures until March 29, 1912, when he and the few remaining members of his team met their ends in a brutal blizzard. The daily progress of the expedition toward the pole is recorded in an immensely vivid

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Articles originally published in "National Geographic" present the struggle of several nations to be the first to reach the South Pole.

A very basic introduction to Antarctica and some of the people who first explored it.

"Exciting illustrations follow the events of Roald Amundsen exploring the South Pole. The combination of brightly colored panels and leveled text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--