The Arctic Incident
by Eoin Colfer
Published 2002 by Hyperion Books

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In his second adventure, the youngest, brightest, and most dangerous criminal mastermind is at boarding school when he receives an urgent e-mail from Russia. It's from a man Artemis never thought he'd see again: his father, who has been kidnapped by the Russian mafia and pleads for Artemis's help. More...

Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America
by Jim Murphy
Published 2000 by Scholastic

"Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City."

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Brian's Winter
by Gary Paulsen
Published 1996 by Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers

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In Hatchet, 13-year-old Brian Robeson learned to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness, armed only with his hatchet. He was rescued at the end of the summer. Brian's Winterbegins where Hatchet might have ended: Brian is not rescued, but must build on his survival skills to face his deadliest enemy--a northern winter. More...

Dogsong
by Gary Paulsen
Published 2000 by Atheneum Books

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"In the Old Days There Were Songs"Something is bothering Russel Susskit. He hates waking up to the sound of his father's coughing, the smell of diesel oil, the noise of snow machines starting up.Only Oogruk, the shaman who owns the last team of dogs in the village, understands Russel's longing for the old ways and the songs that celebrated them.... More...

Ernest Shackleton: Gripped by the Antarctic
by Rebecca L. Johnson
Published 2003 by Carolrhoda Books

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Growing up on a farm in Ireland, Ernest Shackleton longed for a life of travel and excitement. His father wanted him to become a doctor, but Shackelton's sense of adventure led him to a career as a sailor. After years of sailing with the British Merchant Navy, he was asked to join an expedition to Antarctica.... More...

The Final Warning
by James Patterson
Published 2008 by Little Brown and Company

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In a breathtaking new story from "New York Times"-bestselling author James Patterson, a girl who can fly has to save herself--and maybe the world--from the scientists who want to control her. Little, Brown and Company More...

First Light
by Rebecca Stead
Published 2007 by Wendy Lamb Books

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Peter is thrilled to join his parents on an expedition to Greenland, but he struggles to understand a series of visions that both frightens and entices him. Suspected of witchcraft, Theas people have retreated to a secret world deep inside the Arctic ice. Their meeting reveals secrets of both their pasts and changes their future. More...

The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman
Published 1997 by Del Rey Books

"Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North."

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Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home
by Nando Parrado
Published 2006 by Crown Publishers

"Nando Parrado regained consciousness to discover that the plane carrying his rugby team, as well as family members and supporters, had crashed deep in the Andes. Many were dead or dying, among them his own mother and sister. Those who remained were stranded on a glacier at nearly 12,000 feet, with no supplies and no means of summoning help."

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Once Upon a Time in the North with Gameboard
by Philip Pullman
Published 2008 by Alfred A. Knopf

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Featuring the illustrations of John Lawrence and a removable board game inside the back cover, this exquisite prequel to Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy offers a glimpse into the friendship of two of the trilogy's most beloved characters--Texan aeronaut Lee Scoresby and armored bear Iorek Byrnison. More...

Shackleton's Stowaway
by Victoria McKernan
Published 2005 by Alfred A. Knopf

"...eighteen-year-old Perce Blackborow...stowed away for the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition and, after their ship Endurance was crushed by ice, endured many hardships, including the loss of the toes of his left foot to frostbite, during the nearly two-year return journey across sea and ice."

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Smiler's Bones
by Peter Lerangis
Published 2005 by Scholastic Press

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A striking novel based on the harrowing true story of Minik, an Eskimo boy who is seized from his tribe in 1897 Greenland by famed explorer Robert Peary, along with five other Eskimos, to be "presented" to the American Museum of Natural History. More...

Snowbound: The Tragic Story of the Donner Party
by David Sievert Lavender
Published 1996 by Holiday House

"Relates the ordeals faced by a group of pioneers on their journey from Illinois to California in 1846."

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Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
by Jessica Day George
Published 2008 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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From the author of "Dragon Slippers" comes a rich, new fantasy, based on a Norwegian fairy tale, set in a land of eternal winter and complete with trolls, enchanted animals, and a palace made of ice. More...

Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer
by Lynne Cox
Published 2004 by Alfred A. Knopf

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- At age fourteen, she swam twenty-six miles from Catalina Island to the California mainland.

- At ages fifteen and sixteen, she broke the men's and women's world records for swimming the English Channel--a thirty-three-mile crossing in nine hours, thirty-six minutes.... More...

Voyage of Ice
by Michele Torrey
Published 2004 by Alfred A. Knopf

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All Nick ever wanted to be was a whaling captain, like his father before him. What could be more glorious than the life of a whaleman, battling mighty sperm whales and returning home rich as Midas? So when his older brother Dexter signs aboard the "Sea Hawk, Nick won't stand to be left behind.... More...

The White Darkness
by Geraldine McCaughrean
Published 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers

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The first contemporary young adult novel by Carnegie Medalist McCaughrean is a spellbinding journey in which a dream trip is turned into a mad obsession, a web of lies, and a nightmarish struggle for survival. More...

White Fang
by Jack London
Published 1999 by Viking Books

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White Fang was written as the companion book to Jack London's classic 1903 runaway bestseller The Call of the Wild. Seen through the eyes of White Fang -- who is half dog, half wolf -- the story follows the creature as he is forced to endure a series of harsh environments that turn him from his youthful innocence to mad-dog cruelty.... More...

Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod
by Gary Paulsen
Published 1995 by Harvest/HBJ Book

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In the tradition of Jack London, Gary Paulsen presents an unforgettable account of his participation in the 1,100-mile-long dogsled race called the "Iditarod". For 17 days, Paulsen and his team of dogs endured blinding wind, snowstorms, moose attacks, and more--yet relentlessly pushed on to the end. "The best author of man-against-nature adventures writing today".--Publishers Weekly. More...