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Shackleton's Boat Journey

By: Frank A. Worsley

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On August 1, 1914, on the eve of World War I, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his hand-picked crew embarked in HMS Endurance from London's West India Dock, for an expedition to the Antarctic. It was to turn into one of the most breathtaking survival stories of all time. Even as they coasted down the channel, Shackleton wired back to London to offer his ship to the war effort. The reply came from the First Lord of the Admiralty, one Winston Churchill: "Proceed." And proceed they did. When the Endurance was trapped and finally crushed to splinters by pack ice in late 1915, they drifted on an ice floe for five months, before getting to open sea and launching three tiny boats as far as the inhospitable, storm-lashed Elephant Island. They drank seal oil and ate baby albatross (delicious, apparently). From there Shackelton himself and seven others - the author among them - went on, in a 22-foot open boat, for an unbelievable 800 miles, through the Antarctic seas in winter, to South Georgia and rescue. It is an extraordinary story of courage and even good-humour among men who must have felt certain, secretly, that they were going to die. Worsley's account, first published in 1940, captures that bulldog spirit exactly: uncomplaining, tough, competent, modest and deeply loyal. It's gripping, and strangely moving.

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0857905465

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Shackleton's Boat Journey

By: Frank Arthur Worsley

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Shackleton's Boat Journey

By: Frank Arthur Worsley

Captain Worsley offers a firsthand account of his incredible Antarctic adventure--the astounding and inspiring true story behind the forthcoming Wolfgang Petersen film, "Endurance". On its way to the Antarctic continent in 1915, the Endurance became trapped and then crushed by ice, stranding ship's party of 28 on an ice floe for five months before their rescue.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393318648

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9780393318647

Eyewitness Accounts Shackleton's Last Voyage

By: Frank Wild

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Eyewitness Accounts Shackleton's Last Voyage

By: Frank Wild

Amberley’s new series of Eyewitness Accounts bring history, warfare, disaster, travel and exploration to life, written by the people who could say, ‘I was there!’

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445636085

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South with Endurance

Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917 : the Photographs of Frank Hurley

By: Frank Hurley

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South with Endurance

Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917 : the Photographs of Frank Hurley

By: Frank Hurley

The definitive collection of Frank Hurley's amazing photos from Shackleton's Antarctic expedition is the first book to reproduce all the surviving expedition photos, some of which have never been published. Over 450 photos.

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Simon and Schuster

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074322292X

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9780743222921

Shackleton's Boat Journey

By: Frank A. Worsley

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Endurance

By: Alfred Lansing,Frank Hurley

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Endurance

By: Alfred Lansing,Frank Hurley

A thrilling reading experience! One of the greatest adventure stories of our times' - New York Times Book Review. In 1914 Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men, sailed for the South Atlantic on the 'Endurance' with the object of crossing the Antarctic over land. In October 1915, still half a continent away from their intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in ice. For five months Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways in one of the world's most savage regions. This gripping book based on firsthand accounts of crew members, describes how the men survived, living together in camps on the ice for 17 months, how they were attacked by sea leopards, had to kill their beloved dogs whom they could no longer feed, and suffered disease with no medicines (an operation to amputate the foot of one member of the crew was carried out on the ice). Their extraordinary indefatigability and their lasting civility towards one another in the most adverse conditions shines through.

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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029782919X

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9780297829195

Eyewitness Accounts Shackleton's Last Voyage

By: Frank Wild

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Amberley’s new series of Eyewitness Accounts bring history, warfare, disaster, travel and exploration to life, written by the people who could say, ‘I was there!’

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