Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
8.9
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
29528
Points per Word
0.000203
Page Count
112
Points per Page
0.053571
Description
This book chronicles the history of exploration in Antarctica, relating early theories about a great southern land mass and describing the continent's eventual discovery, the race to the South Pole, and the growth of Antarctic scientific research.