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Now we clung to a battered little boat, 'alone, alone - all, all alone; alone on a wide, wide sea.'

The ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914 was to be the first land-crossing... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Unabridged. 97 original photographs and maps.

An epic account of one of the most extraordinary feats of physical and mental endurance in a battle for survival in the most extreme natural conditions.

Shackleton's 800 mile voyage... Read Full Overview

Unabridged. 97 original photographs and maps.

An epic account of one of the most extraordinary feats of physical and mental endurance in a battle for survival in the most extreme natural conditions.

Shackleton's 800 mile voyage... Read Full Overview

The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was perhaps the most ambitious, elaborate and confident of all the British attempts to master the South Pole. Like the others it ended in disaster, with the Endeavour first trapped and then crushed to pieces in the ice and its... Read Full Overview

First appearing in 1919, "South: The Endurance Expedition" is the gripping account of those who traveled with Sir Ernest Shackleton on his third expedition to Antarctica. In August1914, Shackleton set out with a crew of twenty-eight aboard the ship "Endurance" in an effort... Read Full Overview

His destination Antarctica, his expectations high, veteran explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton set out, on the eve of the First World War, in pursuit of his goal to lead the first expedition across the last unknown continent. Instead, his ship, the Endurance, became locked in sea... Read Full Overview

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About South: The Story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 Expedition by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE, was one of the principal figures of the... Read Full Overview

South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 is the factual blow-by-blow narrative of the ill-fated polar expedition of the Endurance from the mouth of the Captain, Sir Ernest Shackleton himself. Part adventure tale, part story of survival, the British explorer's... Read Full Overview

The legendary expedition leader eloquently narrates his torturous two-year odyssey after his ship Endurance was crushed by a sea of ice in 1915. Shackleton and his crew confronted the most desolate place on earth--the frozen Antarctic wasteland and a thousand miles in an open... Read Full Overview