DK Readers: Antarctic Adventure, Exploring the Frozen Continent

by Meredith Hooper

Offers information about the frozen contintent, Antarctica, the explorers who attempted to journey to the North and South Poles, and the life-threatening conditions they had to endure to reach their goals.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Meredith Hooper uses the storybook form in Who Built the Pyramid? to make the latest research accessible for a young audience. Meredith Hooper is an historian by training and the author of many books, ranging in subject from Antarctica to aviation, from the history of water to the history of inventions.
Hooper, born in 1939, graduated in history from the University of Adelaide, then studied imperial history at Oxford.