South : The Illustrated Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917
Shackleton, Ernest Henry2019
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A coffee-table edition of Shackleton's }South{, updated to include Frank Hurley's recently discovered photos, and modern images of the wildlife and goegraphy. Experience in the polar explorer's own words, Ernest Shackleton's thrilling yet ill-fated expedition on the ship Endurance, the wreck of which was discovered off the coast of Antarctica in March 2022.In 1914, Ernest Shackleton announced an ambitious plan to lead the first trek across Antarctica via the South Pole. The expedition would prove fraught with adventure-and peril.This handsome, breathtakingly illustrated edition, first published in 2016, is presented in paperback to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the original publication in 1919 and features:The remarkable tale of the treacherous expedition, told in Shackleton's own wordsImages by expedition photographer Frank HurleyModern color photography of the fauna and vistas the men encounteredLong-lost photos taken by the expedition's Ross Sea Party that were discovered in 2013The expedition's story begins on the eve of World War I, when the ship Endurance departed England with Shackleton and his team of six men. The plan was to travel 1,800 miles across the icy continent from the Atlantic side, while a second team aboard the Aurora, would reach Antarctica's Pacific side and lay out supply depots for the advancing team. As the Endurance approached the continent, however, it became hopelessly locked in an ice floe, beginning a series of harrowing travails.Over a century later and despite extreme conditions, the wreck of the Endurance was found in the Weddell Sea by a mission dubbed Endurance22, launched by the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust and led by polar geographer Dr. John Shears. Though the discovery of the Endurance is not covered in this edition, Shackleton's account of the expedition and the photography within are a prerequisite for understanding the full story behind this famed shipwreck.Today considered an adventure survival classic, South is the true story of a thrilling polar expedition. Never before has Shackleton's lively prose been so extensively and stunningly illustrated.
Main title:
South : The Illustrated Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 / Ernest Henry Shackleton ; photographs by Frank Hurley.
Author:
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, authorHurley, Frank, photographer
Imprint:
Minneapolis : Voyageur, 2019.
Collation:
384 pages : 200 color & b-w photos ; 26 cm
Contents:
PREFACE CHAPTER I INTO THE WEDDELL SEA CHAPTER II NEW LAND CHAPTER III WINTER MONTHS CHAPTER I V LOSS OF THE ENDURANCE CHAPTER V OCEAN CAMP CHAPTER V I THE MARCH BETWEEN CHAPTER V II PATIENCE CAMP CHAPTER V III ESCAPE FROM THE ICE CHAPTER IX THE BOAT JOURNEY CHAPTER X ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA CHAPTER X I THE RESCUE CHAPTER X II ELEPHANT ISLAND CHAPTER X III THE ROSS SEA PARTY CHAPTER XIV WINTERING IN McMURDO SOUND CHAPTER XV LAYING THE DEPOTS CHAPTER XVI THE AURORA'S DRIFT CHAPTER XVII THE LAST RELIEF . CHAPTER XVIII THE FINAL PHASE APPENDIX I SCIENTIFIC WORK SEA-ICE NOMENCLATURE METEOROLOGY PHYSICS SOUTH ATLANTIC WHALES AND WHALING APPENDIX II THE EXPEDITION HUTS AT McMURDO SOUND IMAGE CREDITS INDEX
ISBN:
9780760364826
Language:
English
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BRN:
5571850
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