South : The Endurance Expedition

by Shackleton, Ernest

• ISBN13: 9780451198808
• ISBN10: 0451198808
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Signet

Summary

Comparable to "Into Thin Air" and "Alive, " this first-hand account of the expedition which is the subject of the "New York Times" bestseller "The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Arctic Expedition" is written by the leader of the fateful expedition. Includes 16 pages of original photos by Frank Hurley, official expedition photographer.

Author Biography

Sir Ernest Shackleton, C.V.O. (1874-1922) is regarded as perhaps the greatest of all Antarctic explorers. He was a member of Captain Scott's 1901-1903 expedition to the South Pole, and in 1907 led his own expedition on the whaler Nimrod, coming within ninety-seven miles of the South Pole, the feat for which he was knighted. The events of that expedition are chronicled in his first book, The Heart of the Antarctic. He is considered one of England's greatest heroes for his actions during the ill-fated Endurance expedition, leading all of his men to safety after being marooned for two years on the polar ice. South is his recounting of this expedition. He died at age forty-seven during his final expedition, and was buried in the whaler's cemetary on South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Preface	p. xix
Into the Weddell Sea	p. 1
New Land	p. 21
Winter Months	p. 42
Loss of the Endurance	p. 69
Ocean Camp	p. 95
The March Between	p. 112
Patience Camp	p. 117
Escape from the Ice	p. 128
The Boat Journey	p. 172
Across South Georgia	p. 217
The Rescue	p. 231
Elephant Island	p. 245
The Ross Sea Party	p. 265
Wintering in McMurdo Sound	p. 290
Laying the Depots	p. 303
The Aurora's Drift	p. 335
The Last Relief	p. 369
The Final Phase	p. 373
Scientific Work	p. 377
Sea-Ice Nomenclature	p. 379
Meteorology	p. 383
Physics	p. 388
South Atlantic Whales and Whaling	p. 395
The Expedition Huts at McMurdo Sound	p. 407
Index	p. 411
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