South The Endurance Expedition -- the Breathtaking First-Hand Account of One of the Most Astounding Antarctic Adventures of All Time

Name: South The Endurance Expedition -- the Breathtaking First-Hand Account of One of the Most Astounding Antarctic Adventures of All Time
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ISBN: 9780451198808

ISBN-10: 0451198808

ISBN-13: 9780451198808

Edition: 1999

Authors: Ernest Shackleton, Frank Hurley

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Book details

List price: $8.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 4.20" wide x 6.70" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Ernest Shackleton (18741922) was a junior officer under Robert Falcon Scott during the 19011904 expedition to the South Pole. His expedition on the whaler Nimrodin 1907 earned him a knighthood.Fergus Fleming is the author of Killing Dragons: The Conquest of the Alps, Ninety Degrees North: The Quest for the North Pole, and Barrows Boys.



Introduction


Preface



Into the Weddell Sea



New Land



Winter Months



Loss of the Endurance



Ocean Camp



The March Between



Patience Camp



Escape from the Ice



The Boat Journey



Across South Georgia



The Rescue



Elephant Island



The Ross Sea Party



Wintering in McMurdo Sound



Laying the Depots



The Aurora's Drift



The Last Relief



The Final Phase





Scientific Work


Sea-Ice Nomenclature


Meteorology


Physics


South Atlantic Whales and Whaling





The Expedition Huts at McMurdo Sound


Index