Kate Messner
Race to the South Pole (Ranger in Time #4)
Stealth Science
Why this book counts
- Earth Science
- Environment & Ecology
- Mystery / Investigation
- Expedition / Survival
- Story / Adventure
Race to the South Pole sends the time-traveling rescue dog Ranger into an early twentieth-century expedition from New Zealand to Antarctica. The fictional rescue unfolds under polar cold, ice, weather, distance, and limited supplies, so environmental constraints make the historical expedition dangerous.
The science inside
- Weather & Climate
- Earth Systems & Geology
- Ecosystems
Your child will meet:
- Antarctic cold, wind, ice, and seasonal light sharply limit travel and survival.
- Long polar expeditions depend on planning food, shelter, route, equipment, and energy use.
- Snow and ice conditions can change traction, visibility, and the stability of a route.
- A historical expedition account may combine documented conditions with invented characters and time travel.
Use it this way
Parent effort: Quick discussion
Ranger, the time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training, is back! This time, he joins a dangerous expedition to the South Pole! Ranger, the time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training, joins an early twentieth-century expedition journeying from New Zealand to Antarctica. He befriends Jack Nin, the stowaway turned cabin boy of Captain Robert Falcon Scott's ship. They're racing against a rival explorer to reach the South Pole, but with unstable ice, killer whales, and raging blizzards, the journey turns into a race against time... and a struggle to stay alive.
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