Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.

Examines the climate, plants and animals of the Arctic regions.

Join Jack and Annie find the facts behind the fiction on polar bears and the Arctic.

"The outstanding new Fargo adventure from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Baffin Island: Husband-and-wife team Sami and Remi Fargo are on a climate-control expedition in the Arctic, when to their astonishment they discover a Viking ship in the ice, perfectly preserved-and filled with pre-Columbian artifacts from Mexico. How can that be? As they plunge into their research, tantalizing clues about a link between the Vikings and the legendary...

Describes the climate as well as plant, animal, and human life in the nearly treeless area spread across northern parts of Canada, Alaska, Europe, and Asia.

The climate in a region affects all aspects of life. This book looks at polar climates. It explores the characteristics of the land and weather in regions with polar climates, and how plants, animals, and people have adapted to life in polar regions. The effects of climate change and other developments are also covered.

"After her mother dies, twelve-year-old Talia McQuinn goes to the Arctic with her father, a whale researcher. Over the course of one summer, and through several unlikely friendships, Talia learns that stories have the power to connect us, to provide hope, and to pull us out of the darkness"--

"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to collared lemmings. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--

"A mermaid and her otter friend go on a journey to help a lost beluga whale return to the Arctic."--