The Polar Connection

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The Polar Connection from Literature to
Science Presented by Holly Hargraves
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A Common Polar Connection
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My Prior Knowledge
To Build a Fire White Fang Call of the Wild Love
of Life By Jack London
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My Early Research
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Google

• No results from Literature about the Arctic
• No Results from Literature about Antarctica
• Hours searching for booklists, theme related lit
  lists, recommended reading, using multiple
  search terms

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Not a new subject! This is a front page of a
document from the Brooklyn Public Library with a
list of all books on the Polar Regions From
99 years ago!
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Staff Recommends!
How We Know What We Know About Our Changing
Climate by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch
Easy to read and understand New words are defined
seamlessly Good overview about climate
change Perfect for middle and high school!
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The Last Polar Bear, Facing the Truth of a
Warming World Steve Kazlowski (Photographer)
Not just polar bears but walrus, beluga.
bearded and spotted seal and Arctic fox feature
in this stunningly photographed celebration of
the Alaskan Arctic coast. With support by the
Alaska Wilderness League and the National
resources Defense Council, the book also includes
essays by diverse experts on polar bear ecology,
the impact of climate change, local people and
threats to the region.  
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A literary anthology "flip book" commemorating
the International Polar Year . Stocked with
first-person narratives, cultural histories,
nature and science writing, and fiction
compilation of first-person narratives, cultural
histories, science and nature writing, fiction,
and more, by Jon Krakauer, Jack London, Barry
Lopez, Ursula K. Le Guin, Diane Ackerman, and
others.
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The North Pole Was Here Puzzles and Perils at
the Top of the World by Andrew Revkin (Author)
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Arctic Antarctic has spectacular photographs
and diagrams to explain ice formations tundra
and plant, sea, and wildlife of each region.
Human life is discussed in spreads on native
cultures and explorers. Sections pair up
information about each pole, allowing for
comparisons Good for middle school
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This package includes Birds Mammals of the
Antarctic by Frank Todd The Crystal Desert by
David Campbell Endurance, Shackleton's
Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing and the
Antarctic Explorer Map by Ocean Explorer.
If you are planning to travel to Antarctica,
this package will get you started.
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Describes the unique light phenomena of the
Alaskan Arctic and the way animals adapt to the
temperature and daylight changes each month of
the year. 
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Describes how life changes with the seasons in
one of the coldest places on earth, the Arctic. 
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Enhanced by charming, detailed illustrations, a
study of interest in reaching and exploring the
Arctic provides information on the many
expeditions, successful and unsuccessful, to the
region made by people from all over the world
over hundreds of years. 
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Introduces Matthew Henson, the African American
explorer who accompanied Robert Peary on the
first successful expedition to the North Pole in
1909. 
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Letters, photographs, and journal entries from
the author's visit to Antarctica, the windiest,
coldest, most forbidding region on earth,
describe her intimate experience with this last
great wilderness.
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The Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife, Birds
and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and
Southern Ocean Hadoram Shirihai    Brett
Jarrett (Illustrator) This book, an essential
reference, features striking color illustrations
and color photographs of each of the Antarctica's
birds and marine mammals north to 40 degrees.
The book concludes with practical information
about visiting the area, including details on
landing sites and weather conditions.  
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Obsessed with the life and death of British
explorer Robert Scott, Morgan Lamont is given the
chance to become the first woman to lead an
expedition to the South Pole and sets out to
recreate Scott's British Antarctic Expedition of
1910-1912. Young Adult
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For the Beach A Novel

• Greeted with excited critical praise, this
  extraordinary novel-inspired by the true story of
  two ice ships that disappeared in the Arctic
  Circle during an 1845 expedition-swells with the
  heart-stopping suspense and heroic adventure that
  have won Dan Simmons praise as "a writer who not
  only makes big promises but keeps them (Seattle
  Post-Intelligencer).
• THE TERROR chills readers to the core.

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For the Beach

• A shocking scientific discovery A conspiracy
  of staggering brilliance A thriller unlike any
  you've ever read...
• When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly
  rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the
  floundering space agency proclaims a much needed
  victory

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For the Beach A Sci Fi Trilogy onGlobal Warming

• Sixty Days And Counting
• by Kim Stanley Robinson - By the time Phil Chase
  is elected president, the world's climate is far
  on its wayto irreversible change.
• Antarctica
• by Kim Stanley Robinson -
• This is no distant planet--it is the last pure
  wilderness on earth.
• Fifty Degrees Below
• by Kim Stanley Robinson -
• Set in our nations capital, here is a chillingly
  realistic tale of people caught inthe collision
  of science, technology, and the consequences of
  global...

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The other side of the argument

• Excellent, readable,
• and well-documented
• book on the
• global warming hoax.

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Google Book Search

• 21,100 on the arctic
• 11,600 on antarctica
• 952 titles on the arctic subject"History /
  Expeditions Discoveries
• 469 on antarctic subject"Juvenile Nonfiction /
  People Places / Polar Regions

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Books

• Books for kids on Antarctica
• Books for kids on the Arctic Regions
• Books for Kids on Arctic / History / Exploration
  Discovery
• Books for kids on Polar Exploration
• Books for kids on the History of the Polar
  Regions
• Books for kids on Polar Environmental Issues
• Books on Climate Change in the Polar Regions
• The Ends of the Earth, An Anthology of the Finest
  Writing on the Arctic and the Antarctic (Short
  Stories, Poems, etc.Francis Spufford (Editor)   
  Elizabeth Kolbert (Editor)

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• Recommended Videos

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• A Global Warning? (History Channel) (2007)

Amazon Online Review Al Gore's "An Inconvenient
Truth" got all the hype and awards. The History
Channel's A Global Warning?" only gets the Joe
Friday award - "Just the facts, ma'am, just the
facts."
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• Masters of the Arctic Ice

Amazon Online Review See how the quickly-melting
Arctic ice affects the survival skills of ringed
seals, polar bears, and narwhals. These Artic
creatures have become masters at negotiating the
perils of this frozen world...but their
dependence on the ice is also their greatest
vulnerability.
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• Arctic Passage Nova(2005) NR
• In the 19th century, the idea of a Northwest
  Passage seemed a dream The Arctic Ocean route
  connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific was
  frozen and impassable. But for two men, crossing
  it was the ultimate challenge.
• This "Nova" special chronicles the disparate
  expeditions of Sir John Franklin and Roald
  Amundsen one a lavish effort that ended in
  tragic mystery, the other an innovative lesson in
  simplicity and success.

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• National Geographic Human Footprint
  (2008)Starring Elizabeth Vargas
• Director Clive Maltby
• The Human Footprint reveals the extraordinary
  impact that each of our lives has on the world
  around us. In a playful surprising and
  thought-provoking portrait of our time on earth
  National Geographic demonstrates in a series of
  remarkable visuals what makes up an average human
  life today and how everything we do has impact on
  the world around us.