South: The Endurance Expedition -- The breathtaking first-hand account of one of the most astounding Antarctic adventures of all time - Brossura

Shackleton, Ernest

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ISBN 10: 0451198808 ISBN 13: 9780451198808

Casa editrice: Berkley, 1999

Riassunto

Recounts the author's efforts to save his crew after his ship, the Endurance, was crushed, stranding them on the Antarctic ice, and details their journey across six hundred miles of unstable ice to Elephant Island

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Sir Ernest Shackleton, C.V.O. (1874-1922) is regarded as perhaps the greatest of all Antarctic explorers. He was a member of Captain Scott's 1901-1903 expedition to the South Pole, and in 1907 led his own expedition on the whaler Nimrod, coming within ninety-seven miles of the South Pole, the feat for which he was knighted. The events of that expedition are chronicled in his first book, The Heart of the Antarctic. He is considered one of England's greatest heroes for his actions during the ill-fated Endurance expedition, leading all of his men to safety after being marooned for two years on the polar ice. South is his recounting of this expedition. He died at age forty-seven during his final expedition, and was buried in the whaler's cemetary on South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic.

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Book by Shackleton Ernest

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• Editore: Berkley
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0451198808
• ISBN 13: 9780451198808
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 464