South the Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-17 - Softcover

Shackleton, Ernest; King, Peter (editor)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0712664122 ISBN 13: 9780712664127

Publisher: Pimlico, 1999

Synopsis

South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-17

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Review:

Soon after the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole in 1911, his Anglo-Irish rival, Sir Ernest Shackleton, sought to top the feat by making his way from one end of Antarctica to the other on sledge. He set off with a crew of 28, including scientists and a movie cameraman, but the voyage turned disastrous when Shackleton's ship, the Endurance, became hopelessly stuck in pack ice, throwing the men (and the dogs brought to pull the sledges) into a desperate battle for survival. South is Shackleton's own account--one of the critical sources for Alfred Lansing's bestseller Endurance--of what it was like to be "helpless intruders in a strange world," a vivid narrative in which tales of Edwardian pluck are counterpointed with lyrical accounts of whales, penguins, and bizarre mirages. This story of a group of men who beat nearly impossible odds to escape death and make their way home is one of the all-time great survival stories. --Robert McNamara

From the Publisher:

This is the most handsome paperback edition available of this important historic record.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pimlico
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0712664122
• ISBN 13: 9780712664127
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208