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  • South!

    The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917

    by Sir Ernest Shackleton ...
    South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 is the factual blow-by-blow narrative of the ill-fated polar expedition of the Endurance from the mouth of the Captain, Sir Ernest Shackleton himself. Part adventure tale, part story of survival, the British explorer’s detailed journal is one of the most gripping tales of heroism and survival in the face of almost certain death to have ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917

    by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton ...
    I decided to leave South Georgia about December 5, and in the intervals of final preparation scanned again the plans for the voyage to winter quarters. What welcome was the Weddell Sea preparing for us? The whaling captains at South Georgia were generously ready to share with me their knowledge of the waters in which they pursued their trade, and, while confirming earlier information as to the ... Read more

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  • South: The Endurance Expedition

    by Sir Ernest Shackleton ...
    First appearing in 1919, “South: The Endurance Expedition” is the gripping account of those who traveled with Sir Ernest Shackleton on his third expedition to Antarctica. In August1914, Shackleton set out with a crew of twenty-eight aboard the ship “Endurance” in an effort to become the first men to cross the vast Antarctic land mass, a grand plan that was given the lofty title “The Imperial Trans ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917

    by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton ...
    "South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition" is a gripping account of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated Antarctic expedition. The narrative captures the harrowing journey of Shackleton and his crew as they set out to cross the Antarctic continent. Faced with extreme weather conditions, treacherous ice, and dwindling supplies, the crew's resilience and camaraderie are put to the ultimate test ... Read more

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  • South!

    The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition 1914-1917

    by Sir Ernest Shackleton ...
    South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917 is the riveting blow-by-blow narrative of the ill-fated polar expedition of the Endurance from the mouth of the Captain, Sir Ernest Shackleton himself. Part adventure tale, part story of survival, the British explorer's detailed journal is one of the most gripping tales of heroism and survival in the face of almost certain death to have ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • South

    The last Antarctic expedition of Shackleton and the Endurance

    by Sir Ernest Shackleton ...
    Series series Adlard Coles Maritime Classics
    In 1911 Roald Amundsen beat Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole, and Scott and his colleagues all died on the return journey. Ernest Shackleton, who had served with Scott on a previous expedition, decided that crossing Antarctica from sea to sea was the last great unattempted journey on the continent. His Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–17 was a failure. But perhaps because it failed ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • South! (Illustrated)

    by Sir Ernest Shackleton ...
    In 1914, as Europe braces for an unfathomably deadly war, explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton sets sail for Antarctica to do the impossible: traverse the continent. He has a ship (the aptly named Endurance), a head brimming with optimism, and 28 men willing to follow him on an expedition across some of the most treacherous terrain on the planet. But Shackleton’s optimism doesn’t last long. Despite his ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • South: The story of Shackleton's Last Expedition

    by Ernest Henry Sir Shackleton ...
    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 great main object of Antarctic journeyings - -the crossing of the South Polar continent from sea to sea. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Shackleton in the Antarctic: Being the story of the British Antarctic expedition, 1907-1909

    by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton ...
    "Shackleton in the Antarctic" recounts the remarkable journey of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team during the British Antarctic Expedition from 1907 to 1909. This expedition aimed to explore the uncharted regions of Antarctica and to conduct scientific research. Shackleton's leadership and determination were pivotal as they faced extreme weather conditions, treacherous ice, and the challenges of ... Read more

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  • Aurora Australis

    by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton ...
    If Ross Island be likened to a castle, flanking that wall the the world's end, The Great Ice Barrier, Erebus is the castle keep. Its flanks and foothills clothed with spotless now, patched with the pale blue of glacier ice, its active crater crowned with a spreading smoke cloud, and overlooking the vast white plain of the Barrier to the East and South, the dark waters of Ross Sea and McMurdo Sound ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    South

    The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917

    by Sir Ernest Shackleton ...
    Narrated by Steven Crossley ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 37 min

    As war clouds darkened over Europe in 1914, a party led by Sir Ernest 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 ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

  • Audiobook

    Voyage of the James Caird, The

    by Sir Ernest Shackleton ...
    Narrated by Cathy Dobson ...

    Unabridged

    51 min

    Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874 – 1922) was a polar explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. "The Voyage of the James Caird" is the story of Shackleton's 1916 failed attempt at a crossing of Antarctica from sea to sea via the pole. The expedition turned to disaster when Shackleton's ship, Endurance, became trapped in pack ice and was slowly crushed. The crew escaped by ... Read more

    $7.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus