South - Softcover

Ernest Shackleton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903464277 ISBN 13: 9781903464274

Publisher: Collins Press, 2002

Synopsis

After the conquest of the South Pole by Amundsen who, by a narrow margin of days only, was in advance of the British Expedition under Scott, there remained but one greeat main object of Antarctic journeyings - the crossing of the South Polar continent from sea to sea. So begins Shackleton's account of one of the most famous voyages of discovery of all time - a journey that began with high hopes of a first in exploration and ended in a desperate struggle for survival and the famous Boat Journey. While Frank Worsley's book remains a classic, so too is Shackleton's much fuller account of an expedition that has become a legend. Both Shackleton and Worsley complement and complete the accounts of the others on the expedition and reinforce the astonishing nature of the expedition and force of character of its leader. With Mel Gibson starring in a major film of the boat journey and a general surge of interest in books of adventure and exploration, the time is ripe for a new edition of Shackleton's own account.

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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: Collins Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1903464277
• ISBN 13: 9781903464274
• Binding: Paperback