Our Children’s Book of the Month for November 2022 is The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish written and illustrated by Chloe Savage.
A moving tale of grit, endurance and self-belief to inspire young explorers and dreamers.
We thought we’d end the year with something new, so from now on we will be having a Map of the Month. Stanfords Map of the Month for December 2021 is the British Antarctic Survey’s Antarctica and the Arctic double-sided folded map.
Here’s Laura Gerrish, GIS and Mapping Specialist at British Antarctic Survey to tell us a bit more about this map:
Continue reading Map of the Month: Antarctica and the Arctic BASThe Stanfords Children’s Book of the Month for December 2021 is The Lights that Dance in the Night by Yuval Zommer.
A magical, lyrical ode to the soul-stirring beauty of the northern lights, and to the landscape and animals of the Arctic.
Continue reading Children’s Book of the Month: The Lights that Dance in the NightIn December of 2013, Alex Hibbert led an international quartet of polar travellers to the extreme north of Arctic Greenland. After a huge storm destroyed their intended route to the North Pole in the darkness of winter, instead of retreating, they decided to explore the beautiful but unforgiving region of Avanerriaq, the home of the Polar Eskimos. What followed was six months of harsh education, gripping adventure and… twenty unruly sled dogs. We asked the author of Polar Eskimo to tell us about Northern Greenland: Continue reading 6 things you probably didn’t know about the extreme north of Greenland
Huw Lewis Jones new book offers a fascinating insight into Wally Herbert’s Arctic adventure – PLUS there’s a chance to win a Rab Kitbag worth £90, for your own expedition! Continue reading Across the Arctic Ocean photo gallery & win a Rab Kitbag
