Polar exploration
Subtitle: journeys to the Arctic and the Antarctic
By: written by Martyn Bramwell.
Contributors: Crosby-Fairall, Marjorie.; Winterbotham, Ann.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Series: DK discoveries
Publisher: DK Pub.
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Explorers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Explorers; Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature; Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration
Description: Describes some of the many explorations made to both the North and South Poles. / Polar Exploration, DK Discovery Guides, Dramatic "eyewitness" accounts and highly informative text combine with detailed artwork to bring key historical events to life in an important new series of in-depth information books for 8 year-olds and up. Each title focuses on a topic of interest to this age group, who are hungry for facts. DK Discovery Guides make learning memorable-as well as fun! The series combines DK's main strengths: the accuracy of cutaway cross-section artwork and the immediacy of original photography with strictly factual yet richly evocative storytelling. The DK Discovery Guides will be a major resource for young students.
Notes: Includes index.