polar regions

Simple text and photographs present the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of a variety of animals living near the North and South Poles, including humpback whales, seals, polar bears, and penguins.

Clear, full color photographs depict unique aspects of a polar region, including bears, whales, icebergs and penguins while accompanying text asks children if the items are living beings and then helps them understand why they are or are not.

Readers can learn about the Earth's frozen poles, and the human and animal life that thrives at subzero temperatures.

A first-person account of a woman scientist at work in the oceans off the Arctic and Antarctic.

Describes how humans, plants, and animals survive at the North and South Poles, the effect of human industrial activity on the polar landscapes, and how changes in the world's weather patterns affect the Poles.

Discusses the plants and animals of the polar regions, the Earth's last wildernesses.

Riley travels to northern Canada where he and his aunt, uncle, and cousin study the polar bears that are wandering through towns while waiting for the Hudson Bay to freeze over again.

A little girl becomes Santa's pen pal throughout the course of one year and learns some interesting facts about polar animals.

Travel to the icy Arctic and Antarctica with Spin, National Geographic's globe-on-the-go,and observe a polar bear mom and her cuddly cubs, a toothy tribe of walruses, killer whales, playful penguins, slippery seals, and hungry humpback whales.