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Author: Lennard Bickel Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company ISBN: Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 268
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The story of Ernest Shackleton's "Ross Sea Argonauts" who, against all odds, laid food and fuel depots to support Shackleton's planned walk across the Antarctic continent. Marooned for two Antarctic winters, they showed great endurance and courage in a brutal environment.
Author: Lennard Bickel Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company ISBN: Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 268
Book Description
The story of Ernest Shackleton's "Ross Sea Argonauts" who, against all odds, laid food and fuel depots to support Shackleton's planned walk across the Antarctic continent. Marooned for two Antarctic winters, they showed great endurance and courage in a brutal environment.
Author: Frank Hurley Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780282508708 Category : Languages : en Pages : 412
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Excerpt from Argonauts of the South: Being a Narrative of Voyagings and Polar Seas and Adventures in the Antarctic With Sir Douglas Mawson and Sir Ernest Shackleton I have tried to tell of the wonders we saw; of the dan gers we faced; of the glamour of being the first to pene trate the unknown; of our successes, and of our failures, - just as glorious - and to picture as far as words can the incredible beauties, as well as the awesome desola tion, of that vast unpeopled continent - Antarctica. The story, which covers a period of five years' wanderings, is true. May it bring back the thrill of adventure to the old and kindle the flame of emulation and achievement in the young. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Beau Riffenburgh Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 1596918934 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 402
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Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition is the story of Ernest Shackleton's epic journey toward the South Pole. Lacking funds and plagued by hunger, cruel weather, and unpredictable terrain, Shackleton and his party accomplished some of the most remarkable feats in the history of exploration. Not only were members of the expedition the first to climb the active volcano Mount Erebus and the first to reach the South Magnetic Pole, but Shackleton himself led a party of four that trudged hundreds of miles across uncharted wastelands and up to the terrible Antarctic Plateau to plant the Union Jack only ninety-seven miles from the South Pole itself. Based on extensive research and first-hand accounts Riffenburgh makes the expedition vivid while providing fascinating insight into the age of British exploration and Empire. Beau Riffenburgh is a historian specializing in exploration. A native of California, he earned his doctorate at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, where he is currently the editor of Polar Record. He is the author of the critically praised The Myth of the Explorer and editor of the Encyclopedia of the Antarctic. A Selection of the History Book Club "Riffenburgh's perceptive book blends first-hand accounts with original research and a fast-paced narrative, providing a cracking adventure."-The Times Literary Supplement UK "A masterful balance of true drama and first-rate scholarship. The narrative moves with the speed of a novel, while the author's unerring eye for historical detail captures the essence of polar exploration and explorers and locates Shackleton and his men in the grand scheme of empire."-Sir Ranulph Fiennes Also available: HC 1-58234-488-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-58234-488-1 $25.95
Author: Lennard Bickel Publisher: Random House ISBN: 0712668071 Category : Antarctica Languages : en Pages : 258
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An account of the little-known, tragic expedition launched by Ernest Shackleton in 1915 to provide support for his own Antarctic expedition which would follow. The group lost their ship, and supplies had to be hauled across hostile terrain for an expedition which never came.
Author: Frank 1890-1962 Hurley Publisher: Hassell Street Press ISBN: 9781013821936 Category : Languages : en Pages : 418
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Author: Lennard Bickel
Author: Lennard Bickel
Author: Frank Hurley
Author: Frank Hurley
Author: Frank Hurley
Author: Frank Hurley
Author: Beau Riffenburgh
Author: Lennard Bickel
Author: FRANK. HURLEY
Author: Frank 1890-1962 Hurley
Author: Frank Hurley