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

By:

Alexander, Caroline, 1956-

Contributor(s):

American Museum of Natural History

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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
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.