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Author Bramwell, Martyn.

Title Polar exploration : journeys to the Arctic and the Antarctic / written by Martyn Bramwell.

Publication Info. New York : DK Pub., 1998.

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Location Call No. Status
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 910.92 BRA    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 919.804 BRAMWELL    Check Shelf
Edition First American edition.
Description 48 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Series DK discoveries
DK discoveries.
Note Includes index.
Contents First encounters -- Into the Arctic Ocean -- Southbound scientists and sealers -- South through the Ross Sea -- Lost expedition -- Voyage of the Fram -- Three men in a balloon -- Quest for the Poles -- Across the top of the world -- Race to the South Pole -- Loneliest march -- Great escape -- Flying over the Poles -- Scientific age -- Continent for science -- Over, under, and through the ice -- Doing it the hard way -- Working in Antarctica -- All about the Poles -- Who went where and when?
Summary Describes some of the many explorations made to both the North and South Poles.
Subject Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers.
Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration.
Added Author Crosby-Fairall, Marjorie.
Winterbotham, Ann.
ISBN 0789434210 alkaline paper
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