Shackleton of the Antarctic (Paperback)

T.H. Baughman

ISBN 10: 080321944X / ISBN 13: 9780803219441

Editore: University of Nebraska Press, Nebraska, 2009

Paperback. Twenty-eight men stood on a desolate Antarctic ice floe one thousand miles from the nearest human contact. In a few months the ice would melt. To survive they would have to be safely on land before that happened-if they did not starve first. The odds were stacked against them. Facing all the horrors that the Antarctic could bring to bear, including numbing cold and the worst weather on the globe, they could freeze, starve, or drown. The single advantage they did have, however, proved decisive. They were led by Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922). This saga is their tale and that of the man who led them. Twenty-eight men stood on a desolate Antarctic ice floe one thousand miles from the nearest human contact. In a few months the ice would melt. To survive they would have to be safely on land before that happenedif they did not starve first. The odds were stacked against them. The single advantage they did have, however, proved decisive. They were led by Ernest Shackleton. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780803219441

Riassunto:

Twenty-eight men stood on a desolate Antarctic ice floe one thousand miles from the nearest human contact. In a few months the ice would melt. To survive they would have to be safely on land before that happened―if they did not starve first. The odds were stacked against them. Facing all the horrors that the Antarctic could bring to bear, including numbing cold and the worst weather on the globe, they could freeze, starve, or drown. The single advantage they did have, however, proved decisive. They were led by Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922). This saga is their tale and that of the man who led them.

Informazioni sull'autore:

T. H. Baughman is a professor of history at the University of Central Oklahoma and the author of several books, including Before the Heroes Came: Antarctica in the 1890s and Pilgrims on the Ice: Robert Falcon Scott's First Antarctic Expedition, both available in Bison Books editions.

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Titolo: Shackleton of the Antarctic (Paperback)
Casa editrice: University of Nebraska Press, Nebraska
Data di pubblicazione: 2009
Legatura: Paperback
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