Kick excitement into high gear with this extreme title! Short, easy-to-read text pairs with full-colour, action-packed photos to introduce extreme sports fans to caving. Readers will learn about the tools and equipment used in exploring caves, as well as dangers and safety tips. They are introduced to types of caves including limestone caves, sandstone caves, lava caves, sea caves, ice and glacier caves, sinkholes, and mud and boulder caves. Cave formations such as stalactites and stalagmites are also introduced. Extreme facts supplement the text, leaving future caving enthusiasts excited for an extreme adventure!

Product Description: Throughout history, people have always explored new frontiers. Adventure, fame, and scientific discovery have all driven humans to forge into the unknown. This title examines the exploration of caves. Easy-to-read, engaging text takes readers into the world’s deepest caves, examines the explorers who journeyed to these dark, dangerous chambers, and traces the development of the technology and techniques that made this exploration possible...read more

Product Description: "Engaging images accompany information about caving. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--

Product Description: An introduction to adventure activities, this inspiring series captures the excitement of outdoor pursuits.

Caves are one of the least explored places left on Earth, even though many caves are open to the public. Usually for a small fee, anyone can don a hardhat and step into an area that may be thousands of years in the making. Other caves are much harder to find and explore safely. Readers will learn about the adventure and danger involved in caving, and spelunking. They will also discover the science behind caves, including mineral formations and wildlife. Stunning photographs engage readers and provide a sense of what being a spelunker is like.

Grab your gear and get ready to explore! There are many different ways to explore what lies beneath Earth's surface. Young readers will learn about these techniques, the history of caving, and the equipment cavers use to reach new depths!

A beginner's guide to caving, with a brief history of the sport and information on supplies and equipment, basic safety, techniques, training, working as a team, and finding caves to explore. (view table of contents)

Offers an introduction to the world of caves, discussing how caves are formed, how to find a cave, and how to safely explore a cave.

Offers an introduction to the world of caves, discussing how caves are formed, how to find a cave, and how to safely explore a cave. (view table of contents)

Describes adventures in cave explorations and cave diving, including how caves form, some famous cavers, and the equipment cavers use. (view table of contents)

Accompanied by an IMAX film crew, two veteran spelunkers descend into the mysterious worlds of three different kinds of subterranean caves: the ice chambers of Greenland, the underwater caves in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, and terrestrial caves of the U.S.

Introduces cave geology and discusses spelunking, the sport of cave exploration.

Takes a close-up look at two small sections of a cave environment--one at the cave entrance, one in the total darkness of the cave's underground interior--to explore the creatures that make the cave their home and their interaction with the cave habitat.

Discusses the various types of caves, the uses people have found for caves, and the rules, equipment, and techniques involved in exploring caves, or spelunking.