Examines the efforts of such brave men as John Cabot, Henry Hudson and Roald Amundsen to find the Northwest Passage. The search was on. John Franklin's expedition had disappeared while searching for the Northwest Passage. Such was the risk when trying to discover the fabled waterway that eluded so many before. Search parties were sent to find Franklin, but they too looked for ways to complete the passage. In The Perilous Search for the Fabled Northwest...

When eleven-year-old Matthew Henson ran away from his cruel stepmother to find a new life in the big city, no one could have predicted that he would become the first man to reach the North Pole. With a little luck and a lot of hard work, Matthew found a life of adventure on the high seas and in the Arctic. But back home in America his achievements were largely overlooked because he was Black. Race to the Frozen North tells his remarkable true story....