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Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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"In 1881, U.S. Army Lieutenant Adolphus Greely and his crew set sail for the Arctic. Their mission was to collect scientific data on the polar climate. They also had a second, secret goal: to achieve Farthest North, the record for highest latitude reached by explorers. But when resupply ships failed to arrive two years in a row, the team's dreams of glory turned into a nightmarish fight for survival in one of the most remote and harshest regions in...
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Description
De la autora del best seller del New York Times: La invención de la naturaleza /The Invention of Nature, llega un relato increíblemente ilustrado y evocador de la expedición de cinco años de Alexander Von Humboldt por América del Sur.
Alexander von Humboldt fue un intrépido explorador y el científico más famoso de su época. Su agitada vida estuvo repleta de aventuras y descubrimientos: escaló los volcanes más altos del mundo, remó por...
Series
Criterion collection volume 300
Pub. Date
2005.
Description
Internationally reknown oceanographer Steve Zissou and his crew - Team Zissou - set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, always elusive, possibly non-existant Jaguar Shark that supposedly killed Zissou's partner during the documentary filming of their latest adventure. On this journey, Steve's crew are joined by a young airline co-pilot, who may or may not be Zissou's son, a beautiful journalist who has been assigned to write a profile...
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Land that time forgot: An expedition of scientists and journalists sets out for the Lost Island of Caprona to rescue the marooned Bowen Tyler. They discover prehistoric monsters and primitive, savage tribespeople. Taken prisoner, the members of the expedition are held captive in a city built entirely of human skulls on the rim of a volcano.
The people that time forgot: A sequel to The land that time forgot, an Arctic expedition discovers a steamy...
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Pub. Date
©2010
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The confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers, now in Canyonlands National Park, near popular tourist destination Moab, still cannot be reached or viewed easily. Much of the surrounding region remained remote and rarely visited for decades after settlement of other parts of the West. The first U.S. government expedition to explore the canyon country and the Four Corners area was led by John Macomb of the army's topographical engineers. The soldiers...
Author
Series
Just beyond volume 9
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Karla and her little brother Benny accompany their uncle Bill on a scientific expedition to study unidentified species on a remote island, but a little "bad luck" promises unimaginable horrors, including Benny getting bit by a scary swamp snake.
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
Retells the story of Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914-1916 expedition to Antarctica. Shot on location in Antarctica, the film includes interviews with surviving relatives of expedition members, archived audio interviews with original members of the expedition, as well as footage and photographs from the original expedition.
Series
Maximum Ride manga volume 1
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
While on a scientific expedition, Max and his friends are targeted by an underworld figure who intends to sell these super-kids to the highest bidder and employs his robot army to collect them.
Pub. Date
2013
Description
"Explorer and scientist Paul Sereno made an extraordinary discovery in the middle of the Sahara desert. While prospecting for dinosaur bones, he stumbled across an ancient human cemetery more than 5,000 years older than the Egyptian pyramids. Who were these people and what were they doing in the middle of the desert? How did they live and die? What can this mystery tell us about our planet? And why are there two distinct groups [Kiffian and Tenerian]...