| Trapped by the Ice!: Shackleton's Amazing Antarctic Adventure Contributor(s): McCurdy, Michael (Author), McCurdy, Michael (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0802776337 ISBN-13: 9780802776334 Publisher: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2002 Annotation: The true tale of the 1915 expedition by Sir Ernest Shackleton to cross the polar ice cap which turned out to be a two-year saga of survival for Shackleton and his crew. Full-color illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Exploration & Discovery |
| Dewey: 919.980 |
| Lexile Measure: 880 |
| Physical Information: 0.11" H x 10.52" W x 8.98" (0.42 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Arctic/Antarctic |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 65486 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, the expedition ship, the Endurance, was finally crushed and Shackleton and his men made the very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land. |
Contributor Bio(s): McCurdy, Michael: - Michael McCurdy (1942-2016), a well-known illustrator and woodcut artist, lived in Massachusetts. |