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Embark on an exciting adventure in the great outdoors with Bear Grylls. Find out how to prepare for any adventure, learn essential first aid skills, discover some fun and handy signaling techniques, and try your hand at tracking. Includes step-by-step instructions from Bear.
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In 1914 England, eighteen-year-old American Clara lies about her age and citizenship to land a coveted spot on an Antarctic expedition, but when the crew is marooned on an ice floe, Clara's mission to advance the women's suffrage movement takes a back seat to survival.
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IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
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A fictionalized account of the adventures of eighteen-year-old Perce Blackborow, who stowed away for the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition and, after their ship Endurance was crushed by ice, endured many hardships, including the loss of the toes of his left foot to frostbite, during the nearly two-year return journey across sea and ice.
48) The great expedition of Lewis and Clark: by Private Reubin Field, member of the Corps of Discovery
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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An account, told in the words of one participant, of the difficulties and wonders that were part of the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the land obtained as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
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Survival Tails volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
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"A group of sled dogs must race to survive during a perilous journey across Antarctica"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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When Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the "Corp of Discovery" left St. Louis, Missouri, on May 21, 1804, their mission was to explore the vast, unknown territory acquired a year earlier in the Louisiana Purchase. The travelers hoped to find a waterway that crossed the western half of the United States. They didn't. However, young readers will love this true-life adventure tale of the two-year journey that finally brought the explorers to the Pacific...
54) Epic expeditions
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Join some of the world's greatest explorers as they embark on the most unforgettable expeditions in history. Discover central Africa with Livingstone and Stanley, traverse the American West with Lewis and Clark, cross the arid Australian outback with Burke and Wills, and join Amundsen and Scott's race to be the first to reach the South Pole. Take an exclusive peek into Bear's epic expedition through the frozen, treacherous waters of the Northwest...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 8
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"In 1910, Captain Robert Scott prepared his crew for a trip that no one had ever completed: a journey to the South Pole. He vowed to get there any way he could, even if it meant looking death in the eye. Then, not long before he set out, the telegram arrived: "Proceeding to Antarctic - Roald Amundsen." What was to be an expedition had become a race. One hundred and eight years later, Captain Louis Rudd readied himself for a similarly grueling task:...
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"From historian and critically acclaimed author of The Three-Cornered War comes the propulsive and vividly told story of how Yellowstone became the world's first national park amid the nationwide turmoil and racial violence of the Reconstruction era. Each year nearly four million people visit Yellowstone National Park-one of the most popular of all national parks-but few know the fascinating and complex historical context in which it was established....
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