Search Results: Returned 13 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 13
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[2018], Juvenile, 45th Parallel Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Explores the true survival story of Inuit woman Ada Blackjack, who went on an expedition to Wrangel Island and became a castaway, but survived in the frigid clime of Alaska.
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c2005., Juvenile, Second Story Press Call No: 920 ROONEY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The women's hall of fame seriesSummary Note: Profiles the lives of twelve women explorers throughout history including Sacagawea, mountaineer Phyllis Munday, Sharon Wood who became the first North American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, and others.
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2012., Frances Foster Books Call No: B EARLE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Provides a picture book biography of oceanographer Sylvia Earle describing her childhood near the Gulf of Mexico, her diving explorations, and her advocacy for the world's oceans.
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2012., Frances Foster Books Call No: B EAR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Provides a picture book biography of oceanographer Sylvia Earle describing her childhood near the Gulf of Mexico, her diving explorations, and her advocacy for the world's oceans.
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2012., Juvenile, Frances Foster Books, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: 551.46092 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sylvia Earle first lost her heart to the ocean as a young girl when she discovered the wonders of the Gulf of Mexico in her backyard. As an adult, she has dedicated her life to learning more about "the blue heart of the planet." Author Claire A. Nivola tells the story of Sylvia's growing passion and how her ocean exploration and advocacy have made her known around the world.
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-- Sylvia Earle2012., Primary, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: Biography EARLE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A picture book biography of oceanographer Sylvia Earle, discussing her childhood along the Gulf of Mexico, her passion for the environment, and her experiences in ocean exploration.
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c2012., Juvenile, Frances Foster Books, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: E Niv Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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2016., Adolescent, Chicago Review Press Call No: Biography NF CAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Women of action (Chicago, Ill.)Summary Note: "In 1921, four men ventured into the Arctic for a top-secret expedition: an attempt to claim uninhabited Wrangel Island in northern Siberia for Canada. With the men was a young Inuit woman named Ada Blackjack, who had signed on as cook and seamstress to earn money to care for her sick son. Conditions soon turned dire for the team when they were unable to kill enough game to survive. Three of the men tried to cross the frozen Chukchi Sea for help but were never seen again, leaving Ada with one remaining team member who soon died of scurvy. Determined to be reunited with her son, Ada learned to survive alone in the icy world by trapping foxes, catching seals, and avoiding polar bears. After she was finally rescued in August 1923, after two years total on the island, Ada became a celebrity, with newspapers calling her a real "female Robinson Crusoe.""--Provided by publisher.
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2019., Adolescent, Feiwel and Friends Call No: HI-INT B HAM Edition: First US edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: From her first trip to Everest Base Camp as a young woman, Jade Hameister knew what she wanted to achieve---the impossible. Jade battled atrocious weather, unbelievably low temperatures, and a sled that weighed almost twice as much as her to become the youngest person ever to complete the Polar Hat Trick. Jade began her quest to complete the Polar Hat Trick in April 2016 when she was fourteen. She became the youngest person to ski to the North Pole from anywhere outside the last degree---the point where most people begin---and was named Australian Geographic Society's Young Adventurer of the Year. But that was just the beginning. .
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c2012., Pre-adolescent, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: 920 CUMMINS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Profiles ten female explorers throughout history, describing the lives and accomplishments of Nellie Cashman, Annie Smith Peck, and other women who climbed mountains, studied Aboriginal cultures, lived with Pygmies, and more.
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c2001., C. Potter Call No: 920.72 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the stories of over eighty women explorers and adventurers who challenged the physical and social limitations of their times to expand the world's body of knowledge, including tenth-century Viking Unn the Deep Minded, botanical painter Anna Maria Sibylla Merian, and aviator Beryl Markham.
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1992., Oxford Univ. Call No: 910.82 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes some of the explorations and discoveries made by women throughout history, including Ida Pfeiffer, Isabella Byrd Bishop, Florence Baker, Fanny Bullock, Mary Kingsley, Alexandra David-Neel, Marguerite Baker Harrison, Louise Arner Boyd and Freya Stark.
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c1992., Oxford University Press Call No: 910 .82 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Extraordinary explorersSummary Note: Describes some of the explorations and discoveries made by women throughout history, including Ida Pfeiffer, Isabella Bird Bishop, and Florence Baker.
