Endurance : Shackleton's incredible voyage / Alfred Lansing.
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TextPublication details: New York : Caroll & Graf, 1999, c1959Edition: 2nd Caroll & Graf edDescription: 282 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN: 078670621X; 9780786706211Subject(s): Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 -- Travel -- Antarctic regions | Endurance (Ship) | Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) | Antarctica -- Discovery and explorationDDC classification: 919.8/904 LOC classification: G850 1914 .S53 | L36 1999bSummary: The astonishing saga of polar explorer Ernest Schackleton's survival for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as "Time" magazine put it, "defined heroism". Alfred Lansing's scrupulously researched and brilliantly narrated book--with over 200,000 copies sold--has long been acknowledged as the definitive account of the "Endurance's" fateful trip.
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 919.8/LANSING (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500014770 |
Originally published: New York : McGraw-Hill, 1959. With new maps and illustrations.
The astonishing saga of polar explorer Ernest Schackleton's survival for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as "Time" magazine put it, "defined heroism". Alfred Lansing's scrupulously researched and brilliantly narrated book--with over 200,000 copies sold--has long been acknowledged as the definitive account of the "Endurance's" fateful trip.
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