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SOUTH: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition in the Antarctic
by Shackleton, Sir Ernest. (foreword by Cahill, Tim)
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1558217835
- ISBN 13
- 9781558217836
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About This Item
Lyons Press, distributed by Airlife Publishing Limited, 1998. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Lyons Press 1998 Softcover Edition; xxi, 376 pages, illustrated, b/w photos, maps. Small neat previous owners verso front cover otherwise contents clean. As New. Probably the most evocative narrative of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration, telling of the survival of Shackleton and his crew under the most extreme circumstances. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN/EAN: 9781558217836. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3711. . 9781558217836
Synopsis
"One of the most harrowing survival stories of all time"—Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect StormVeteran explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's excruciating and inspiring expedition to Antarctica aboard the Endurance has long captured the public imagination. South is his own first-hand account of this epic adventure.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 twenty-eight 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.* First time published as a Penguin Classic* Includes a selection of Frank Hurley's famous photographs* Features a new Introduction by Fergus Fleming
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3711
- Title
- SOUTH: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition in the Antarctic
- Author
- Shackleton, Sir Ernest. (foreword by Cahill, Tim)
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1558217835
- ISBN 13
- 9781558217836
- Publisher
- Lyons Press, distributed by Airlife Publishing Limited
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- BZDB349 Antarctic, Endurance, polar, Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Unbranded EAN: 9781558217836 Shackleton, Sir Ernest. (foreword by Cahill, Tim) SOUTH: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition in the Antarctic
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration;
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