Shackleton's dream : Fuchs, Hillary and the crossing of Antarctica
Haddelsey, Stephen2022
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In November 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton watched horrified as the grinding floes of the Weddell Sea squeezed the life from his ship, Endurance, before letting her slip silently down to her last resting place. Caught in the chaos of splintered wood, buckled metalwork and tangled rigging lay Shackleton's dream of being the first man to complete the crossing of Antarctica. Shackleton would not live to make a second attempt - but his dream lived on. 'Shackleton's Dream' tells the story of the British Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary. Forty years after the loss of Endurance, they set out to succeed where Shackleton had so heroically failed.
Main title:
Shackleton's dream : Fuchs, Hillary and the crossing of Antarctica / Stephen Haddelsey.
Author:
Haddelsey, Stephen, author
Imprint:
Cheltenham : The History Press, 2022.
Collation:
1 volume : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2012.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781803991665 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
919.804919.804 HAD
Language:
English
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BRN:
2569038
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