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Blood and ice Blood and ice Robert Masello In this haunting and suspenseful thriller, Robert Masello delivers an adventure that spans continents and centuries--a spellbinding story that ranges from Victorian England to a remote antarctic rese… OL12006821W
White-out White-out James Vance Marshall The sole survivor of a 1942 World War II mission to the Antarctic shares his extraordinary story of survival after a German U-boat nearly destroyed their encampment. OL1396634W
Eve of the Emperor Penguin Eve of the Emperor Penguin Mary Pope Osborne JACK AND ANNIE continue their quest for the secrets of happiness--secrets they need to save Merlin. This time, the Magic Tree House takes them to the one continent they haven't visited before: Antarc… OL15131136W
Ice Station Ice Station Matthew Reilly At a remote US ice station in Antarctica, a team of scientists has made an amazing discovery. They have found something unbelievable buried deep below the surface, trapped inside a layer of ice 400 m… OL15157288W
A trip to the bottom of the world with Mouse A trip to the bottom of the world with Mouse Frank Viva A boy and a mouse take a bumpy sea journey to the majestic expanses of the Antarctic, where they see the sights and meet new friends. OL16451240W
The White Darkness The White Darkness Geraldine McCaughrean Taken to Antarctica by the man she thinks of as her uncle for what she believes to be a vacation, Symone--a troubled fourteen year old--discovers that he is dangerously obsessed with seeking Symme's … OL166679W
Dark winter Dark winter Dietrich, William Imagine you're standing at the very bottom of the planet. Fierce winter winds howl out on the icescape. The night is illuminated by the brilliant aurora. There is no possibility of flight, no possibi… OL176322W
Wonder at the edge of the world Wonder at the edge of the world Nicole Lea Helget Lu Wonder, a bright, curious girl who hopes to be a scientist, sets out from her Kansas home in 1855 with her best friend Eustace, a slave, on a journey to Antarctica to protect a mysterious artifact… OL17869800W
Beyond the Ice Limit: A Gideon Crew Novel (Gideon Crew series) Beyond the Ice Limit: A Gideon Crew Novel (Gideon Crew series) Lincoln Child,Douglas Preston That thing is growing again. We must destroy it. The time to act is now...With these words begins Gideon Crew's latest, most dangerous, most high-stakes assignment yet. Failure will mean nothing shor… OL19356351W
Survival Tails Survival Tails Katrina Charman When loyal dog Mutt discovers that his owner and best friend Alice is set to board the RMS Titanic without him, he is determined to follow her across the ocean. With the help of King Leon the rat, Mu… OL20193205W
Tom's rabbit Tom's rabbit Meredith Hooper In 1910 on a voyage to Antarctica aboard the ship Terra Nova, Tom searches for a warm place for his rabbit and returns after Christmas dinner to find a surprise. Based on the diary of Tom Crean. OL20642047W
Where'd You Go, Bernadette Where'd You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple "Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she's a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she's a disgrace; to design mavens, she's a revolutio… OL21107795W
Icefire Icefire Judith Reeves-Stevens,Garfield Reeves-Stevens On Thanksgiving weekend, 6 precisely placed nuclear warheads buried 2,000 feet below the ice detonate in sequence, shearing the Ross Ice Shelf off and triggering massive tsunamis. Within hours milli… OL2241711W
Into the White Into the White Joanna Grochowicz 268 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 20 cm OL25404208W
Penguin comes home Penguin comes home Young, Louise A penguin searches under the ice of Antarctica for food for herself and her growing chick, while avoiding being eaten by seals. Includes a fact page about penguins. OL2655828W
Choosers of the slain Choosers of the slain James H. Cobb On a frigid fall morning in 2006, a sudden attack against a British scientific outpost in Antarctica heralds the beginning of an invasion of the seventh continent. Resurgent after the Falklands war, … OL35057W
Antarctica Antarctica Geoffrey T. Williams Jon accompanies his scientist mother to Antarctica, where he observes the animals, plants, and many wonders of that continent. OL4105517W
The Final Warning The Final Warning James Patterson While on a mission to Antarctica to save the world from global warming, fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride and the other members of the Flock--a band of genetically modified children who can fly--are pur… OL5337410W
Ice Station Ice Station Matthew Reilly A great roller coaster of a thriller. Scarecrow leads a crack team of Marines into Antarctica for what is believed to be a UFO buried beneath the ice. Before arriving there are several mysterious dea… OL82309W
Shock wave Shock wave Clive Cussler Dirk Pitt meets the most intriguing and sinister villain of his career--a billionaire Australian diamond king with whom he must wage conflict above and below the sea for the survival of vast numbers … OL84915W
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