TY - BOOK AU - Walters,Eric TI - The pole SN - 9780143312482 (pbk.) PY - 2008/// CY - Toronto, Ont. PB - Puffin KW - Peary, Robert E. KW - Bartlett, Bob. KW - Henson, Matthew Alexander, KW - Roosevelt (Ship) KW - Juvenile fiction KW - North Pole KW - Arctic regions KW - Discovery and exploration KW - Adventure fiction, Juvenile KW - local KW - Canadian fiction, Juvenile N2 - "The Pole is Eric Walterss powerful fictionalized retelling of Robert Pearys 1909 expedition to the North Pole aboard The Roosevelt, as experienced by a young cabin boy named Danny, away from home and at sea for the very first time. This highly adventurous tale features Canadian hero Robert Bartlett, captain of The Roosevelt (featured in Walterss mega-bestselling Trapped in Ice), and Matthew Henson, Pearys assistant and the first African-American Arctic explorer." --From the publisher ER -