Ernest Shackleton
South: The Endurance Expedition (Penguin Modern Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780241251096
- author:
- Ernest Shackleton
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 416
- Dimensions:
- 12.9 x 2.4 x 19.8 cm
- Genre:
- Travel & Holiday, Speciality Travel, Adventure
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a monumental undertaking, marked by extraordinary ambition and a high degree of confidence. However, like previous British attempts to master the South Pole, it ultimately ended in disaster, with the expedition's ship, the Endeavour, becoming trapped and crushed in the ice. The crew was left stranded in the Antarctic, facing a slow and desperate death. In the face of such dire circumstances, Shackleton, the expedition's leader, made a bold decision: to embark on a perilous 700 nautical mile voyage in a small boat, driven by the hope of reaching the nearest human habitation - a whaling station on the island of South Georgia. This journey would prove to be one of the greatest feats of navigation ever recorded, as Shackleton and his crew battled against the ferocious Southern Ocean to survive.
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