The Endurance : Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition / Caroline Alexander.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Knopf, �1998.Edition: 1st edDescription: 211 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0375404031
  • 9780375404030
Other title:
  • Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Endurance.; Online version:: Endurance.LOC classification:
  • G 850 1914 .S53 A58 1998
Online resources: Awards:
  • American Library Association-YA award book.
  • New York Times Best Illustrated book.
  • Booklist Editor's Choice/Adult Books for Young Adults.
Summary: Provides an account of the Shackleton expedition of 1914, during which explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven set out to cross the Antarctic continent on foot, only to have their ship, Endurance, break up eighty-five miles short of their destination, leaving them stranded for close to two years. Includes a photographic record of the adventure.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection G 850 1914 .S53 A58 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98648835

"In association with the American Museum of Natural History."

Provides an account of the Shackleton expedition of 1914, during which explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven set out to cross the Antarctic continent on foot, only to have their ship, Endurance, break up eighty-five miles short of their destination, leaving them stranded for close to two years. Includes a photographic record of the adventure.

American Library Association-YA award book.

New York Times Best Illustrated book.

Booklist Editor's Choice/Adult Books for Young Adults.

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