South: The Endurance Expedition: Popular Penguins
Author: Shackleton, Ernest
ISBN: 9780141037561
Publisher: Penguin Press
Year First Published: 2008
Pages: 444
Dimensions: 180mm x 111mm x 33mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Sir Ernest Shackleton's South is one of the greatest survival stories of all time. In 1914, Shackleton led a party of men hoping to be the first to traverse the Antarctic, but when their ship became crushed by ice 350 miles from land, the expedition soon became a matter of life and death. This is the extraordinary account of treacherous seas, glaciers and relentless cold, and wonderfully encapsulates the heroic age of Antarctic exploration.
ISBN: 9780141037561
Publisher: Penguin Press
Year First Published: 2008
Pages: 444
Dimensions: 180mm x 111mm x 33mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Sir Ernest Shackleton's South is one of the greatest survival stories of all time. In 1914, Shackleton led a party of men hoping to be the first to traverse the Antarctic, but when their ship became crushed by ice 350 miles from land, the expedition soon became a matter of life and death. This is the extraordinary account of treacherous seas, glaciers and relentless cold, and wonderfully encapsulates the heroic age of Antarctic exploration.
