The Last Days of Ernest Shackleton: A First Hand Account by George Ross when on the Quest Expedition - Rilegato

Ross, George; Reardon, Nicholas

 
9781901037210: The Last Days of Ernest Shackleton: A First Hand Account by George Ross when on the Quest Expedition

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The Last Days of Ernest Shackleton, is a unique and fully illustrated account of Shackleton's death and burial in South Georgia from the personal point of view of a seaman on the Quest Expedition by the name of George Ross. George joined the Quest Expedition, at a place called Leith Harbour, in South Georgia, with the position donkey-man (a person in charge of a ships engine room) and he explains in detail the daily running of the ship after Shackleton's death as a first hand account from a below decks crew members point of view. Along with George's first hand account the book covers both the funeral arrangements, the Shetland Pallbearers, a short history of Shackleton's Scouts, and the speeches at the unveiling of the Shacketon memorial. This along with photos, maps, paintings and drawings of the expedition, crew, ship, Grytviken church, funeral and grave. To finish off the book the book contains an interview with the late Ernest Shackleton where he explains in his own words how his life at sea started and how he would like to be remembered.

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9781901037203: The Last Days of Ernest Shackleton: (Special Limited Edition) A First Hand Account by George Ross when on the Quest Expedition

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ISBN 10:  1901037207 ISBN 13:  9781901037203
Casa editrice: Reardon Publishing, 2023
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