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South : the Endurance expedition

Sir Ernest Shackleton ; introduction by Fergus Fleming ; photographs by Frank Hurley

(Penguin classics)

Penguin Books, 2004

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Originally published: London : W. Heinemann, 1919

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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.

Table of Contents

South: The Endurance ExpeditionIntroduction by Fergus Fleming Preface I. Into the Weddell Sea II. New Land III. Winter Months IV. Loss of the Endurance V. Ocean Camp VI. The March Between VII. Patience Camp VIII. Escape from the Ice IX. The Boat Journey X. Across South Georgia XI. The Rescue XII. Elephant Island XIII. The Ross Sea Party XIV. Wintering in McMurdo Sound XV. Laying the Depots XVI. The Aurora's Drift XVII. The Last Relief XVIII. The Final Phase APPENDIX I Scientific Work Sea-Ice Nomenclature Meteorology Physics South Atlantic Whales and Whaling APPENDIX II The Expedition Huts at McMurdo Sound Index

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