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Author
Series
Fargo adventures volume 6
Language
English
Description
"The outstanding new Fargo adventure from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Baffin Island: Husband-and-wife team Sami and Remi Fargo are on a climate-control expedition in the Arctic, when to their astonishment they discover a Viking ship in the ice, perfectly preserved-and filled with pre-Columbian artifacts from Mexico. How can that be? As they plunge into their research, tantalizing clues about a link between the Vikings and the legendary...
3) Alien deep
Publisher
[Distributed by] Gaiam/Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A five-part series on deep sea exploration from the people at National Geographic. Using cutting-edge tools and technologies, Dr. Bob Ballard, discoverer of the Titanic, travels to the most remote parts of the world's oceans, revealing new species, natural wonders and archeological finds.
Author
Language
English
Description
"The human story has always been one of perseverance--often against remarkable odds. The most astonishing survival tale of all might be that of 16th-century Dutch explorer William Barents and his crew of sixteen, who ventured farther north than any Europeans before and, on their third polar exploration, lost their ship off the frozen coast of Nova Zembla to unforgiving ice. The men would spend the next year fighting off ravenous polar bears, gnawing...
6) Explorers
Series
Language
English
Description
The visionary dreams of three curious and adventuresome young boys become an exciting reality when three boys in their makeshift laboratory, use their ingenuity to build their own spaceship and launch themselves on a fantastic interplanetary journey.
Publisher
WGBH
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
In January 2004, two spacecraft (named Spirit and Opportunity) carrying identical robotic explorers touched down on the surface of Mars. Take a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the design, testing, and launch of the mission, then join the quest for signs of life on the red planet.
9) Life
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Life tells the story of the six-member crew of the International Space Station that is on the cutting edge of one of the most important discoveries in human history: the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. As the crew begins to conduct research, their methods end up having unintended consequences and the life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected. Includes French audio description.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Melanie is a headstrong police lieutenant on Mars. She and her squad are sent to a remote region to apprehend a dangerous criminal, and they come to discover that he is the least of their worries. The mining operation has unleashed a deadly army of Martian spirits who take over the bodies of humans. They are determined to destroy all the invaders on the planet.
11) For all mankind
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Come along on the greatest adventure of the 20th century-- America's first manned flights to the moon. Relive the incredible story in a film composed of rare footage shot and narrated by the Apollo astronauts themselves.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Colin O'Brady's awe-inspiring memoir recounts his triumphant recovery from a tragic accident and his gripping 932-mile crossing of the landmass of Antarctica solo, unsupported, and human-powered, the first to accomplish this extraordinary feat. Prior to December 2018, no individual had ever crossed the landmass of Antarctica alone and without any outside assistance. Yet Colin O'Brady was determined to do just that, even if, upon taking the first steps...
14) Roving Mars
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Join the Mars Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, for an awe-inspiring journey to the surface of the mysterious red planet and discover what no human has ever seen or known before.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
While searching for a ship-killing monster under the sea, three men are taken aboard the submarine Nautilus, captained by the eccentric Captain Nemo, and taken on an undersea adventure including erupting volcanoes, polar ice caps, and the lost city of Atlantis.
16) The kingdom
Author
Series
Fargo adventures volume 3
Language
English
Description
Sam and Remi Fargo are used to hunting for treasure, not people; but a Texas oil baron contacts them with a personal plea. An investigator friend of the Fargos was on a mission to find the oil baron's missing father, and now the investigator is missing too. On a journey that takes them to Tibet, Nepal, Bulgaria, India, and China, the Fargos will find themselves embroiled with black market fossils, a centuries-old puzzle chest, the ancient Tibetan...
17) Drain the ocean
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Three-quarters of Earth is an alien world, lying beneath the surface of the oceans. And although it encompasses over half of the world's species, we know more about the surface of Mars than the bottom of the ocean. It's only recently that science has penetrated this world, revealing extraordinary life forms and vast sweeping landscapes on a scale that defies imagination"--Container.