In March 2014, Eric Larsen and Ryan Waters set out to traverse nearly 500 miles across the melting Arctic Ocean, unsupported, from Northern Ellesmere Island to the geographic North Pole. Despite being one of the most cold and hostile environments on the planet, the Arctic Ocean has seen a steady and significant reduction of sea ice over the past seven years due to climate change. Because of this, Larsen's and Waters' trip, dubbed the "Last North Expedition",...

Describes some of the explorations and discoveries made by women throughout history, including Ida Pfeiffer, Isabella Bird Bishop, and Florence Baker.

"A classic of nineteenth-century French literature, this science fiction tales delves into the depths of the Earth, and by so doing, reveals the staggeringly long history of our planet"--Cover, P. [4].

After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, New Yorker writer David Grann set out to solve "the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century": what happened to British explorer Percy Fawcett. In 1925 Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization. For centuries Europeans believed the world's largest jungle concealed the glittering El Dorado. Thousands had died looking for it, leaving many convinced that the Amazon was...

Set against the backdrop of the race to exploit Africa by the colonial powers, a story of courage and adventure brings to life the rivalry between two enemies-a decorated soldier and a young aristocrat/Army officer-as they set out to find the mysterious headwaters of the Nile River. "From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirring story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time, and...

This is the biography of Henry Worsley, a man who idolized Sir Ernest Shackleton, and is a descendant of Frank Worsley, a member of Shackleton's Endurance expedition. In 2008, Henry set out to cross Antarctica with 2 other descendants of the Endurance expedition. 7 years later he returned to cross the white continent alone, at age 55. Illustrated with more than 50 photographs, this is the story of a man who pushed himself to the limits of human...

When Sarah, an explorer mouse, meets Sam she gives him the courage to finally climb to the highest library shelves--and beyond--and he shows her how to explore the world through reading.

A vivid recount of the experiences of an English governess for the children of King Mongkut of Siam.