The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
ISBN-10
0747546703
ISBN-13
9780747546702
Series
The Endurance
Category
Antarctica
Pages
211
Language
English
Published
1999-11-01
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author
Caroline Alexander

Description

In August 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 set sail aboard the Endurance bound for the South Atlantic. Their goal was to be the first men to cross Antarctica. Caroline Alexander tells the story of Shackleton's expedition accompanied by the photographs of Australian Frank Hurley.

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