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1) Eight below
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
An American geologist flies to Antarctica to participate in a project at the United States Research Base. Once there, he teams up with arctic guide Jerry Shepard and his best friend, Cooper. The scientist soon discovers that Shepard also has eight other valuable friends, a pack of sled dogs he's worked with for years who have rescued him from a number of tight spots. As the three men explore a frozen mountain region, an unexpected accident coupled...
2) Snow dogs
Series
Publisher
Disney DVD
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
After being named in his birth mother's will, Miami dentist Ted Brooks travels to Alaska to claim the inheritance, her team of sled dogs; Now he must learn how to race them or give them up to a crusty mountain man who wants the dogs for himself.
3) Sunrise
Author
Series
Sky King Ranch volume 1
Language
English
Description
Pilot Dodge Kingston has always been the heir to Sky King Ranch. But after a terrible family fight, he left to become a pararescue jumper. A decade later, he's headed home to the destiny that awaits him. That's not all that's waiting for Dodge. His childhood best friend and former flame, Echo Yazzie, is a true Alaskan--a homesteader, dogsledder, and research guide for the DNR. Most of all, she's living a life Dodge knows could get her killed. When...
Series
Publisher
Tyndale House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Patrick and Beth knew they'd be facing a danger more fierce than a polar bear or a walrus, but they never thought their opponent wouldn't be large enough to see. After arriving in Alaska in the winter of 1925, they discover that a very small enemy--a disease called diphtheria--is sweeping through the town of Nome. Can Patrick help retrieve enough medicine for the children by riding along with Clearsky and his team of sled dogs? Meanwhile, Beth makes...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sunrise Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"He lives in a world of winter. Sled dog musher and outdoor adventurer Nick Dahlquist doesn't mean to be a loner-- he just feels at home in the woods, with his dogs, and also online in his vlogging world, where he's amassed nearly a million viewers. But he's just a simple guy, with simple goals-- care for his dogs, teach people how to survive the cold, and run the Iditarod. Unfortunately, life turns cold when his lead dog is injured, and he's low...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the author's hunger for remote, wild places, which take her across America and then to Alaska, where she finds her true home in its vast and rugged landscape. She and her husband build a log cabin miles from the nearest road; after tragic loss, Keith and her infant daughter must push on alone in the Alaskan backcountry. Long-distance dog sledding opens a door to a new existence. Racing across Alaska offers the best of all worlds...
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids Jumbo, an imprint of Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
This title is complete with historical and modern photographs, as well as a glossary and a closer look at the rules for mushers and their dog teams. Learn all about the history and cultural significance that the exciting Iditarod race event holds around the world today.
Author
Language
English
Description
"An intimate account--the first from a trail veterinarian--of the canines who brave the challenges of the Iditarod. Few events attract as much attention, or create as much spectacle, as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Each March, despite subzero temperatures and white-out winds, hundreds of dogs and mushers journey to Anchorage, Alaska, to participate in "The Last Great Race on Earth," a grueling, thousand-mile race across the Alaskan wilderness....
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