Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of the Shakleton Expedition
Description
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World vividly recreates one of the most extraordinary adventure stories in history.In August 1914, Ernest Shackleton and 27 men sailed from England in an attempt to become the first team of explorers to cross the Antarctic continent from one side to the other. Five months later and still 100 miles from land, their ship, Endurance, became trapped. The expedition survived an Antarctic winter in the icebound ship, then, after Endurance sank, five months camped on the ice followed by a perilous boat journey through storms and icebergs to remote and unvisited Eleph...
ISBN(s)
0517800144, 9780517800140
