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First publish date: November 11, 1998
Genre: Travel & Geography/Travel Writing
Authors: Caroline Alexander
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A gripping true account of Ernest Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, in which the ship Endurance was trapped and crushed by ice, and 27 men survived over a year on the frozen Antarctic waters.
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Roland Huntford’s biography of Ernest Shackleton explores the daring explorer’s ventures through Antarctica, his rivalries, financial struggles, and the harrowing survival of the Endurance expedition.
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s first‑hand diary of the 1914‑17 Imperial Trans‑Antarctic Expedition, detailing the Endurance’s crushing by ice, the crew’s nine‑month ordeal on drifting ice, and their daring survival against the polar wilderness.
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A vivid account of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 Imperial Trans‑Antarctic Expedition, when the ship Endurance was trapped and crushed in a frozen sea, forcing Shackleton and his crew on a grueling desertion across ice and stormy seas to safety.
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Caroline Alexander chronicles Ernest Shackleton’s 1914–1917 Imperial Trans‑Antarctic Expedition, blending new primary documents with Frank Hurley’s unpublished photographs to portray the crew’s 20‑month ordeal and heroic survival.
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Frank Worsley, captain of Shackleton’s Endurance, narrates the ship’s wrecking in pack ice, the crew’s survival on drifting ice floes, and their daring 800‑mile boat voyage to South Georgia and inland rescue in Antarctica.
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Alfred Lansing chronicles the perilous Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914‑1917, led by Ernest Shackleton, through the original diaries of the crew aboard the Endurance.
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A graphic‑novel that chronicles Ernest Shackleton’s ill‑fated Imperial Trans‑Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917, detailing the hardships faced by the Endurance crew on the frozen continent.
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An illustrated pictorial biography of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1907–1909 Antarctic expedition, told for young readers.
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Captain Ernest Shackleton leads a daring rescue across 800 miles of ice‑bound waters to save his stranded crew aboard the Endurance during the 1914–1917 Imperial Trans‑Antarctic Expedition.
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