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In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family. This courtship will begin with a long journey - a journey that will take them hundreds of miles across the continent by foot, one by one in a single file. They will endure freezing temperatures, in brittle, icy winds and through deep, treacherous waters. They will risk starvation and attack by dangerous predators, under the harshest...
3) Antarctica
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Eco-terrorists battle capitalists, seeking to open Antarctica to commercial exploitation. The time is the 21st century, the world is an ecological disaster, and the treaty banning mineral exploration of Antarctica has expired. By the author of Red Mars.
6) Antarctica
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c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Briefly describes the landscapes, weather, plants, animals, and famous explorers of the continent of Antarctica.
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c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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This book describes the Antarctic habitat and explains how animals, such as albatrosses, Antarctic cod, krill, king penguins, Antarctic fur seals, orcas, sea spiders, sea stars, squid, clams, and octopuses, are suited to living in this cold habitat.
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[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Imagine standing on top of the highest point on the very bottom of the world. That is exactly what happens when climbers reach the apex of Antarctica's highest peak, Vinson Massif. Learn more in Vinson Massif, one of the titles in the Seven Summits series.
12) Antarctica
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[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"Antarctica covers almost 20 percent of the Southern Hemisphere. Its landscape is dominated by the world's largest ice sheet. Learn more about this exciting environment in Antarctica. This is an AV2 media enhanced book. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. This book comes alive with video, audio, weblinks, slide shows, activities, hands-on experiments, and much more."--
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[2020]
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"Even in the intensely cold, windy, and dry environment of Antarctica, a wide variety of wildlife--from the massive swarms of krill in the Southern Ocean to the throngs of penguins on its icy shores-- finds ways to thrive. Some species of Antarctic fishes make a natural antifreeze that prevents their blood from freezing solid, and although no trees grow on Antarctica, a forest of giant seaweed flourishes under the sea. Antarctica's creatures are exquisitely...
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Pub. Date
1992
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The Crystal Desert is not only the most eloquent book ever written about Antarctica but one of the best portraits of a place ever published. Most books about Antarctica have focused on the lifeless ice cap that smothers two-thirds of the continent and on the heroic marches toward the South Pole that have pitted humans against a frozen world. The Crystal Desert is about the other Antarctica, the "banana belt" of the Antarctic Peninsula. The interior...
Pub. Date
2007
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"Every year, thousands of Antarctica's emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their young. They walk - marching day and night in single file 70 miles into the darkest, driest and coldest continent on Earth ... Breathtaking photography captures the transcendent beauty and staggering drama of devoted parent penguins who, in the fierce polar winter, take turns guarding their egg and trekking to the ocean in search of food. Predators hunt...
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