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South! by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Stanford Travel Classics
South is Shackleton's first-hand account of the epic expedition, which he described as 'the last great journey on earth'. During the journey their ship, the Endurance, became trapped by ice and was crushed, forcing the men to survive in and escape from one of the world's most hostile environments. With ...Show more
South: The Endurance Expedition by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
As war clouds darkened over Europe in 1914, a party led by Shackleton set out to make the first crossing of the entire Antarctic continent via the Pole. But their initial optimism was short-lived as ice floes closed around their ship, gradually crushing it and marooning 28 men on the polar ice. Alone in ...Show more
South: The Endurance Expedition: Popular Penguins by Ernest Shackleton
Category: Travel | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
Sir Ernest Shackleton's South is one of the greatest survival stories of all time. In 1914, Shackleton led a party of men hoping to be the first to traverse the Antarctic, but when their ship became crushed by ice 350 miles from land, the expedition soon became a matter of life and death. This is the ex ...Show more
South: The Endurance Expedition to Antarctica by Ernest Shackleton
Category: History
Sir Ernest Shackleton's astonishing memoir of his 1914 Antarctic expedition explores human courage, tenacity and an unflagging hope in the face of adversity.
South: The Illustrated Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 by Ernest Henry Shackleton
Category: History
In 1914, the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton announced an ambitious plan to lead the first trek across Antarctica via the South Pole. The expedition would prove fraught with adventure--and peril. South is the remarkable tale of the ill-fated expedition, told in Shackleton's own words--breathtakingly il ...Show more
South - The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 by Ernest Shackleton
Category: Non-Fiction
Hailed as "a rousing read" by The New York Times, this breathtaking chronicle of Antarctic exploration was written by expedition leader Sir Ernest Shackleton. In 1914 he and his 28-man crew boarded the ship Endurance and sailed away to do something no one had ever done: to traverse and chart the mostly ...Show more
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