Ten of the Best Adventures in Frozen Landscapes

Ten exciting stories feature famous explorers and their struggles to survive in frigid temperatures during dangerous polar expeditions. Stories include: the last expedition of John Franklin, Salomon August Andrée's attempt to reach the North Pole by hydrogen balloon, Ernest Shackleton's journey to rescue his ice-locked crew, Riiser-Larsen and Amundsen's crash in the Arctic, and the crash of Umberto Nobile's airship Italia. Feature boxes and maps add additional details and help readers better understand the explorer's journey and the time period in which the expedition took place.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Crabtree Classics
Published: 09/01/2015
ISBN: 9780778718345
Pages: 24
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.60h x 8.60w x 0.30d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 178547 / Ten of the Best Adventures in Frozen Landscapes
Reading Level: 6.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 1