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When Shackleton’s Endurance doomed in the Weddell Sea, the Ross Sea support party faced a dramatic crisis. Ship Aurora was lost, leaving ten men without supplies. They trekked across the Ross Ice Shelf to Mount Hope, enduring extreme hardship and sustaining casualties while laying essential depots for the main expedition. Aurora was later refitted in New Zealand and sailed south to rescue the survivors, under Captain J.K. Davis. This book offers the first in‑depth narrative of the Ross Sea Party, the Aurora’s drift and the relief operation, revealing the resilience and determination of the men amid Antarctica’s unforgiving conditions.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Travel & Geography/Travel Writing
Authors: Richard McElrea
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