shackleton, ernest henry

Recounts the story of Shackleton's dangerous exploration of Antarctica under harsh conditions.

"A group of sled dogs must race to survive during a perilous journey across Antarctica"--Provided by publisher.

Tells the story of Ernest Shackleton and his crew who abandoned the ship Endurance in the Antarctic.

Presents the survival story of Ernest Shackleton, an Antarctic explorer whose ship was trapped in ice for more than five hundred days in extreme conditions before being rescued.

Provides an account of the voyage undertaken by polar explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew aboard the Endurance in 1914-15, telling how the men survived after their ship became locked inside an island of ice and drifted for ten months before being crushed.

In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton announced a new adventure---an ambitious overland trek from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans via the South Pole. The trip became an incredible account of decisive leadership in the face of unbelievable adversity. Shackleton's original words are illustrated with a wide selection of photographs taken by Frank Hurley, who acceompanied Shackleton, and paintings by another expedition member, George Marston.

Ice floes breaking apart, frostbite, waves as tall as the tower of London: Ernest Shackleton and his men faced these dangers and more on their Antarctic expedition.

In October 1915, the ship Endurance was crushed by Antarctic ice, and the crew became castaways in one of the harshest regions of the world.

An illustrated account of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabitable land.

Chronicles the events of Sir Ernest Shckleton's 1914 expedition aboard the "Endurance" in a race to be the first to cross Antarctica from coast to coast.