The Endurance Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander

In August 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail aboard the Endurance bound for the South Atlantic. Their goal was to be the first men to cross Antarctica, the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration. Weaving a treacherous path through the icy Weddell sea, they had come within 80 miles of their destination when the ship was trapped fast in the pack. For the next ten months, they waited for the ice to break, but the break never happened and instead the Endurance was crushed like matchwood under the grinding floes, leaving the crew stranded. Caroline Alexander tells the gripping story of Shackleton's expedition and presents for the first time the astonishing visual record of Frank Hurley, the Australian photographer who had joined the crew of Endurance to document their expected achievement. Together, text and image recreate the terrible beauty of Antarctica, the awful destruction of the ship and the crew's daily struggle to stay alive.

Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year:	1999
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9780747546702
Condition:	Fair
Description:	Large; Heavy. Cover rubbed; water damage ot top of some pages.

Note: This image is from a stock photo and may differ from the actual cover.

SKU: 1589765
Location: Travel Adventure