Mountain tops
By: Ellen Labrecque
Series: Earth's last frontiers
Publisher: Raintree
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781406271690
Subjects: Mountains; Juvenile literature; Mountain ecology
Description: What obstacles stand in the way of mountain explorers? Get your ice pick and climbing boots, we're off to explore one of Earth's last frontiers: mountain tops! Read this book to learn about the dangerous avalanches, sudden storms and wild animals that make mountain tops difficult to explore. Books in this series give an incredible glimpse into some of Earth's most remote regions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: A final frontier; title: What are mountain tops?; title: Why are mountain tops unexplored?; title: Dangerous mountains; title: Sacred mountains; title: Top of the world; title: Bottom of the world; title: Roof of the world; title: Under sea and ice; title: Crowded in the sky; title: New mountain top species; title: How we explore; title: Only on the mountains.