The Endurance :

Alexander, Caroline, 1956-

The Endurance : Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition / Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition Caroline Alexander - 1st ed - New York : Knopf, c1998 - 211 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm

"In association with the American Museum of Natural History."

Provides an account of the Shackleton expedition of 1914, during which explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven set out to cross the Antarctic continent on foot, only to have their ship, Endurance, break up eighty-five miles short of their destination, leaving them stranded for close to two years. Includes a photographic record of the adventure

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Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 --Travel


Endurance (Ship)


Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917)


Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--British

G850 1914 .S53 / A58 1998