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1) The sea wolf
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An epic of action-filled excitement. Rescued from drowning, a pampered gentleman awakes in a special kind of hell. He's aboard the Ghost, a sealing schooner outbound for months of hunting. Wolf Larson, the devilish captain, a fiendish crew, the cruel sea, and unlikely love make this tale immortal
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In an epic trilogy, Philip Pullman unlocks the door to a world parallel to our own, but with a mysterious slant all its own. Dm̆ons and winged creatures live side by side with humans, and a mysterious entity called Dust just might have the power to unite the universes--if it isn't destroyed first. Here, the three paperback titles in Pullman's heroic fantasy series are united in one dazzling boxed set. Join Lyra, Pantalaimon, Will, and the rest as...
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 22
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In "Poseidon's Arrow", Clive Cussler's great hero, Dirk Pitt, returns to fight a terrifying enemy. 1942, the Cape of Good Hope. Returning from a secret mission a submarine is attacked and fatally damaged. Its precious cargo is believed to be lost along with the vessel...Three quarters of a century later, NUMA Director Dirk Pitt saves a crowded cruise ship from being rammed by a runaway freighter. On board the rogue ship he finds the strangely burned...
5) Reindeer
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to reindeer. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
7) Icefire
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Last dragon chronicles volume 2
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While researching the existence of dragons for an essay that could win him a trip to the Arctic, Chris opens himself to the possibility that a great, ancient treasure exists there, guarded by bears, and that he has some role in its protection.
8) Harp seals
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to harp seals. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 12
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Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to the Arctic, where a polar bear leads them onto very thin ice.
10) Fire star
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Last dragon chronicles volume 3
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David Rain is faced with the most perilous task yet when Gwilanna returns, this time determined to resurrect the dragon Gawain on the ice cap of the Tooth of Ragnar, unless David and her friends can stop her.
11) Beluga whales
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Beluga whales spend much of the year swimming in the chilly waters of the Arctic Ocean. How do they do it? Readers discover fascinating facts and details with this informative book about one of the most adaptive animals on Earth. Color photographs accompany the simple narrative as it describes the whales' diet, behaviors, and physical adaptations. Young explorers will find out how beluga whales communicate with each other, what they eat, and how they...
12) The fire eternal
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Last dragon chronicles volume 4
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As the weather grows wilder and the ice caps melt, Arctic bears starve, dragons awake, the earth goddess Gaia becomes restless, and Alexa, the daughter of best-selling author David Rain, uses her special abilities in an attempt to save the world from the forces of evil.
13) Arctic drift
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 20
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A potential breakthrough discovery to reverse global warming . . . a series of unexplained sudden deaths in British Columbia . . . a rash of international incidents between the United States and one of its closest allies that threatens to erupt into an actual shooting war . . . NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his children, Dirk. Jr. and Summer, have reason to believe there's a connection here somewhere, but they also know they have very little time to...
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Alex Carter novels volume 2
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Fresh off her wolverine study in Montana, wildlife biologist Alex Carter lands a job studying a threatened population of polar bears in the Canadian Arctic. Embedded with a small team of Arctic researchers, she tracks the majestic bears by air, following them over vast, snowy terrain, spending days leaning precariously out of a helicopter with a tranquilizer gun, until she can get down on the ice to examine them up close. But as her study progresses,...
16) East
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A young woman journeys to a distant castle on the back of a great white bear who is the victim of a cruel enchantment.
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His dark materials volume Prequel
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American balloonist Lee Scoresby and armored bear Iorek Byrnison meet when Lee and his hare daemon crash-land their trading balloon onto a port in the far Arctic North and find themselves in the middle of a political powder keg.
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"Biomes are home to unique animals and plants. Give beginning readers an introductory look at the Arctic tundra! Readers will get an up-close look at the characteristics of the land and weather and how polar bears, Arctic hares, snowy owls, and other animals have adapted to life in this amazing biome"--
19) The subtle knife
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His dark materials volume 2
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As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife.