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

In 1914, as the shadow of war falls across Europe, a party led by veteran explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton sets out to become the first to traverse the Antarctic continent. Their initial optimism is short-lived, however, as the ice field slowly thickens, encasing the ship Endurance in a death-grip, crushing their craft, and marooning 28 men on a polar ice floe.

In an epic struggle of man versus the elements, Shackleton leads his team on a harrowing quest for survival over some of the most unforgiving terrain in the world. Icy, tempestuous seas full of gargantuan waves, mountainous glaciers and icebergs, unending brutal cold, and ever-looming starvation are their mortal foes as Shackleton and his men struggle to stay alive.

What happened to those brave men forever stands as a testament to their strength of will and the power of human endurance.

This is their story, as told by the man who led them.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 374
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-7126-6412-7
  • EAN
  • 9780712664127
  • Characters
  • Ernest Shackleton
  • Settings
  • Grytviken, South Georgia, Antarctica
  • Genres
  • history, adventure, biography, travel, memoir, historical, survival, classics, autobiography
  • Release date
  • 1999