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2019

Format:	Book
Author:	Morlock, Rachael, author.
Title:	Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole / Rachael Morlock.
Edition:	First edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : PowerKids Press, 2019.
Description:	32 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm.
Summary:	"Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer, the first man to reach the South Pole on December 14, 1911, and a hero of the age of Antarctic exploration. Before his death in 1928, Amundsen was the first man to travel the Northwest Passage by ship, and one of the first to cross the Arctic by air. This ... text communicates the details of Amundsen's dangerous expedition and the weight of his contributions to polar exploration"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:	Real-life scientific adventures Real-life scientific adventures.
Subjects:	Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928 -- Juvenile literature. Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928 -- Travel -- Antarctica -- Juvenile literature. South Pole -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature. Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.
Notes:	Includes index.
Contents:	Antarctica -- Amundsen the explorer -- Race to the pole -- Planning and preparing -- The Ross ice shelf -- Winter at Framheim -- To the pole! -- Crossing the mountains -- At the South Pole -- The race continues -- A heroic journey -- Scott's fate -- Amundsen's adventures.
LCCN:	2017059482
ISBN:	9781508168584 (lib. bdg.) 9781508168607 (pbk.)
Other Number:	1022074901
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	825064
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Call Number:	j 919.89 Morlock

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