Jess is allergic to the sun. She lives in a world of shadows & hospitals, peeking at the other children in the playground from behind curtains. Her only friend is a boy in a coma, to whom she tells stories. One night she sneaks out to explore the empty playground she`s longed to visit, where she discovers a beautiful impossibility: a magical garden wrought of ice. But Jess isn`t alone in this fragile, in-between place.. . ...

Ice Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the Lost Franklin Expedition of 1845-whose two ships & crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice-with the tale of the incredible discovery of the flagship`s wreck in 2014. Paul Watson, who was on the icebreaker that led the discovery expedition, tells a fast-paced historical adventure story: Sir John Franklin & the crew of the HMS Erebus & Terror setting off in search of the fabled Northwest Passage, the hazards they encountered & the reasons they were forced to abandon ship hundreds of miles from the nearest outpost of civilization, & the decades of searching that exposed rumours of cannibalism & a few scattered papers & bones-until a combination of Inuit lore & the latest science yielded a discovery for the ages. ...

Ice Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the Lost Franklin Expedition of 1845-whose two ships & crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice-with the tale of the incredible discovery of the flagship`s wreck in 2014. Paul Watson, who was on the icebreaker that led the discovery expedition, tells a fast-paced historical adventure story: Sir John Franklin & the crew of the HMS Erebus & Terror setting off in search of the fabled Northwest Passage, the hazards they encountered & the reasons they were forced to abandon ship hundreds of miles from the nearest outpost of civilization, & the decades of searching that exposed rumours of cannibalism & a few scattered papers & bones-until a combination of Inuit lore & the latest science yielded a discovery for the ages. ...

The Infinity series brings the world of non-fiction to life, with a detailed look at some of the world`s most popular subjects. In Ice
- Discover what life is really like in the world`s coldest places. Explore the wonderous world of icebergs & glaciers & dive with the penguins in the waters of the Antarctica. Each title features embossed covers & come with a free computer game inside.
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In August 1914, during the height of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, Sir Ernest Shackleton set off from England with a team of explorers to walk across the Antarctic & study the icy depths of this new & forbidding continent. Sailing through some of the most perilous seas, the Endurance becomes trapped in the deadly pack ice of the Weddell sea. When the Endurance is eventually crushed between the vast bulk of two floating icebergs, the men are forced to abandon ship & make the dangerous journey across the crushing sea in lifeboats. They reach relative safety on the uninhabited Elephant Isl&, but an even greater peril faces Shackleton & five other members of the crew. An amazing tale of heroism & ingenuity told by Antarctic expert, Meredith Hooper & accompanied by M.P. Robertson`s dramatic & graphic illustrations. ...

` For most men, as Epicurus has remarked, rest is stagnation & activity madness. Mad or not, the activity that I have been pursuing for the last twenty years takes the form of voyages to remote, mountainous regions.` H.W. ` Bill` Tilman`s fourteenth book Ice with Everything describes three more of those voyages, `the first comparatively humdrum, the second totally disastrous, & the third exceedingly troublesome`. The first voyage describes Tilman`s 1971 attempt to reach East Greenland`s remote & ice-bound Scoresby Sound. The largest fjord system in the world was named after the father of Whitby whaling captain, William Scoresby, who first charted the coastline in 1822. Scoresby`s two-volume Account of the Arctic Regions provided much of the historical inspiration for Tilman`s northern voyages & fuelled his fascination with Scoresby Sound & the unclimbed mountains at its head. Tilman`s first attempt to reach the fjord had already cost him his first boat, Mischief, in 1968. The following year, a `polite mutiny` aboard Sea Breeze had forced him to turn back within sight of the entrance, so with a good crew aboard in 1971, it was particularly frustrating for Tilman to find the fjord blocked once more, this time by impenetrable sea ice at the entrance. Refusing to give up, Tilman`s obsession with Scoresby Sound continued in 1972 when a series of unfortunate events led to the loss of Sea Breeze, crushed between a rock & an ice floe. Safely back home in Wales, the inevitable search for a new boat began. ` One cannot buy a biggish boat as if buying a piece of soap. The act is almost as irrevocable as marriage & should be given as much thought`. The 1902 pilot cutter Baroque was acquired & after not inconsiderable expense, proved equal to the challenge. Tilman`s first troublesome voyage aboard her to West Greenland in 1973 completes this collection. ...

` We are celebrating a hundred years since independence this year: how would you like to travel on a government icebreaker?` A message from the Finnish embassy launches Horatio Clare on a voyage around an extraordinary country & an unearthly place, the frozen Bay of Bothnia, just short of the Arctic circle. Travelling with the crew of Icebreaker Otso, Horatio, whose last adventure saw him embedded on Maersk container vessels for the bestseller Down to the Sea in Ships, discovers stories of Finl&, of her mariners & of ice. Aboard Otso Horatio gets to know the men who make up her crew, & explores Finland’s history & character. Surrounded by the extraordinary colours & conditions of a frozen sea, he also comes to understand something of the complexity & fragile beauty of ice, a near-miraculous substance which cools the planet, gives the stars their twinkle & which may hold all our futures in its crystals. ...

` We are celebrating a hundred years since independence this year: how would you like to travel on a government icebreaker?` A message from the Finnish embassy launches Horatio Clare on a voyage around an extraordinary country & an unearthly place, the frozen Bay of Bothnia, just short of the Arctic circle. Travelling with the crew of Icebreaker Otso, Horatio, whose last adventure saw him embedded on Maersk container vessels for the bestseller Down to the Sea in Ships, discovers stories of Finl&, of her mariners & of ice. Finland is an enigmatic place, famous for its educational miracle, healthcare & gender equality
- as well as Nokia, Angry Birds, saunas, questionable cuisine & deep taciturnity. Aboard Otso Horatio gets to know the men who make up her crew, & explores Finland`s history & character. Surrounded by the extraordinary colours & conditions of a frozen sea, he also comes to understand something of the complexity & fragile beauty of ice, a near-miraculous substance which cools the planet, gives the stars their twinkle & which may hold all our futures in its crystals.
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Iceland on a double-sided indexed road map, printed on light waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper, with a street plan of central Reykjavik. Altitude colouring with spot heights & plenty of names of various geographical features shows the country ...

Iceland at 1:425, 000 on a waterproof & tear-resistant road map with topographic & tourist information, published by Reise Know-How as part of their highly acclaimed World Mapping Project. The map is double-sided to provide the best balance between a good scale & a convenient size sheet, with a good overlap between the two sides. The map provides a large amount of topographic information through altitude colouring, with plenty of spot heights & names peaks, glaciers, mountain ranges, etc. National parks & other protected areas are prominently highlighted & also marked are geysers & hot springs. Road network indicates unsurfaced roads &

Includes:: local tracks. Driving distances are shown on most roads & river fords are marked. Also shown are ferry connections, as well as the country

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