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Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1999
ISBN 10: 0375404031ISBN 13: 9780375404030
Seller: 2Wakefield, Wakefield, QC, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 213 pages. 24 cm. x 21.5 cm. Black boards with silver lettering on spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Frontispiece. Illustrations (numerous b/w photographs and maps). First published in 1998, this is the Eight Printing, September 1999. Unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing at edges. Inscription on front end-paper. Else a tight and clean book. "The Endurance", the lost vessel of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, was found in 2022 at the bottom of the Weddell Sea. The ship was crushed by sea-ice and sank in 1915, forcing Shackleton and his men to make an astonishing escape on foot and in small boats. Even though it has been sitting in 3km (10,000ft) of water for over a century, it looks just like it did on the November day it went down.