South: The Story of Shackleton's last Expedition 1914-1917
by Shackleton, Ernest
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1568524145
- ISBN 13
- 9781568524146
- Seller
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Synopsis
In 1914, as the shadow of war falls across Europe, a party led by veteran explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton sets out to become the first to traverse the Antarctic continent. Their initial optimism is short-lived, however, as the ice field slowly thickens, encasing the ship Endurance in a death-grip, crushing their craft, and marooning 28 men on a ploar ice floe. In an epic struggle of man versus the elements, Shackleton leads his team on a harrowing quest for survival over some of the most unforgiving terrain in the world. Icy, tempestuous seas full of gargantuan waves, mountainous glaciers and icebergs, unending brutal cold, and ever-looming starvation are their mortal foes as Shackleton and his men struggle to stay alive. What happened to those brave men forever stands as a testament to their strength of will and the power of human endurance. This is their story, as told by the man who led them.
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- Bookseller
- Lawrence Jones (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017891
- Title
- South: The Story of Shackleton's last Expedition 1914-1917
- Author
- Shackleton, Ernest
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- New Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1568524145
- ISBN 13
- 9781568524146
- Publisher
- Konecky & Konecky
- Place of Publication
- Old Saybrook, CT
- This edition first published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Antarctic Expeditions Shackleton HMS Endurance Elephant's Island South George Island
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Exploration; Mountaineering, Caving, Arctic and Antarctic;
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