Ruby Sisson Library

Describes what are the polar regions, what are living and non-living things for young readers.

Continues to capture wildlife in the Arctic and Antarctic and other frozen regions of the planet.

Find out what's it like at the coldest places on earth.

Investigates the physical features of the North and South Poles, arctic and antarctic life, weather and light conditions, and conservation efforts.

Discusses such topics as the physical features, climate, plant and animal life, and environmental concerns related to the Earth's polar regions.

The Arctic and Antarctic remain the greatest wildernesses on Earth. The scale and beauty of the scenery and the sheer power of the elements, the weather, the rough ocean and the ice, is unmatched anywhere else on our planet. tells the compelling story of animals such as the wandering albatross, the adelie penguin and the polar bear, and paints a portrait that will take your breath away, at a moment when, melting fast, the frozen regions of our planet...

Describes the earth's polar regions and the animals that live there, including the seal, penguin, musk ox, and polar bear.

The Crystal Desert is not only the most eloquent book ever written about Antarctica but one of the best portraits of a place ever published. Most books about Antarctica have focused on the lifeless ice cap that smothers two-thirds of the continent and on the heroic marches toward the South Pole that have pitted humans against a frozen world. The Crystal Desert is about the other Antarctica, the "banana belt" of the Antarctic Peninsula. The interior...