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South - (Penguin Classics) by  Ernest Shackleton (Paperback) - 1 of 1

South - (Penguin Classics) by Ernest Shackleton (Paperback)

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  • 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.
  • About the Author: Ernest Shackleton was born in 1874 and joined the merchant navy at 16.
  • 416 Pages
  • Travel, Polar Regions
  • Series Name: Penguin Classics

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Veteran explorer Shackleton's excruciating and inspiring expedition to Antarctica aboard the "Endurance" has long captured the public imagination. Alone in the world's most unforgiving environment, Shackleton and his team began a brutal quest for survival.



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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 on the polar ice. Alone in the world's most unforgiving environment, Shackleton and his team began a brutal quest for survival. And as the story of their journey across treacherous seas and a wilderness of glaciers and snow fields unfolds, the scale of their courage and heroism becomes movingly clear.



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?Best read in the course of a single stormy night... you will be gripped.? ("The New Yorker")

aBest read in the course of a single stormy night... you will be gripped.a ("The New Yorker")

Best read in the course of a single stormy night... you will be gripped. ("The New Yorker")

"Best read in the course of a single stormy night... you will be gripped." ("The New Yorker")

"Best read in the course of a single stormy night . . . you will be gripped."



About the Author



Ernest Shackleton was born in 1874 and joined the merchant navy at 16. A passion for exploration led to him joining the Royal Geographic Society whilst still at sea and in 1901 he secured a place on Captain Scott's first Antarctic expedition. In 1907 he embarked on his own Antarctic mission and was knighted on his return to England. 7 years later, in his ship the Endurance, he set off on an attempt to cross the Antartic from one side, to the other. Although his ship was trapped and crushed in ice Shackleton made an incredible journey to rescue his men and returned home a hero. Fergus Fleming was educated at Oxford University and City University, London and has been a freelance writer since 1991. Barrow's Boys, which is a chronicle of 19th century exploration, was read on BBC Radio 4 and other titles include Ninety Degrees North: The Quest for the North Pole and Cassell's Tales of Endurance. He currently lives in Cheltenham.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.6 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Weight: .7 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 416
Genre: Travel
Sub-Genre: Polar Regions
Series Title: Penguin Classics
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
Author: Ernest Shackleton
Language: English
Street Date: January 27, 2004
TCIN: 89985021
UPC: 9780142437797
Item Number (DPCI): 247-11-9000
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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