Project Gutenberg 2004-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 86 Goldfrap, John Henry 1879 1917 Lawton, Captain Wilbur Deering, Fremont B. Payson, Howard Lawton, Wilbur Dexter J. Forrester West, Marvin Forrester, Dexter J. The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash; or, Facing Death in the Antarctic Reading ease score: 78.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Paul Hollander, Juliet Sutherland, Ben Byer, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash; or, Facing Death in the Antarctic" by Captain Wilbur Lawton (the pseudonym of John Henry Goldfrap) is a fictional adventure novel likely composed in the early 20th century. The story centers on two brothers, Frank and Harry Chester, who are excitedly preparing for an expedition to the South Pole. Their journey is filled with a sense of adventure, scientific curiosity, and the promise of facing the unknown in the Antarctic wilderness. At the start of the novel, readers meet the Chester boys as they rush to board the polar ship, Southern Cross, after their parent’s initial resistance to their expedition is overcome by their enthusiasm and arguments supporting the potential benefits of their scientific mission. They are joined by Captain Hazzard, an army officer, and other crew members preparing the ship for a challenging voyage. In the opening portion, the boys express their eagerness and excitement about their adventure, unaware of the mysterious and potentially treacherous events that await them, including the theft of plans and the presence of a possibly untrustworthy crew member. The plot introduces themes of exploration, camaraderie, and the scientific discovery that will likely unfold as the boys confront various obstacles during their expedition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Book Series Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 390125 389975 2024-10-03T11:39:07.341974 2023-10-03T10:13:27.764110 text/html text/html 390118 389968 2024-10-03T11:39:07.631981 2023-10-03T10:13:27.958111 text/html text/html 236751 2024-10-03T11:39:17.143979 application/epub+zip 242634 2024-10-03T11:39:11.560071 application/epub+zip 215689 2024-10-03T11:39:10.153958 application/epub+zip 531039 2024-10-03T11:39:21.475915 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 495974 2024-10-03T11:39:16.217919 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451905 2022-09-04T03:56:34.968250 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 341660 341561 2024-10-03T11:39:06.898959 2023-10-03T10:13:27.455103 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 341845 2015-01-10T19:34:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 128507 2015-01-10T19:35:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19796 2024-10-03T11:39:21.610883 application/rdf+xml 24255 2024-10-03T11:39:10.710943 image/jpeg 4671 2024-10-03T11:39:10.437941 image/jpeg 234632 2024-10-03T11:39:07.663992 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia