Kids book of interest: Antarctic Adventure

Antarctic Adventure is the story of author/scientist Mak Saito’s research expedition to the Southern Continent. The book is targeted at children age 3 – 7. Simple text and stunning photographs highlight the adventure elements of fieldwork in the Antarctic (helicopters, snow storms, wildlife). Children learn where Antarctica is, what algae are, what glaciers look like, and the names of several different whales and penguins. More generally, they get a sense of what it means to do scientific fieldwork. A “Dear Reader” section at the end of the book goes into more detail about the expedition’s research goals, which involve the importance of algae in global biogeochemical cycles.