shackleton, ernest henry

Readers go exploring with Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen and English explorer Robert Scott as they compete to reach the South Pole.

"When a spontaneous time leap sends Nickolas Flux back to Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated Endurance Expedition to Antarctica, what's a teenage history buff to do? Try to avoid becoming stranded, of course! From the crushing of the Endurance to a heroic lifeboat journey, Nick must survive one of the most amazing expeditions of the early 1900s"--Provided by publisher.

Details the events surrounding Ernest Shackleton's expedition across Antarctica and describes the dangers they faced along the way.

An extraordinary character and one of history's great explorers, Ernest Shackleton pioneered the path to the South Pole over 100 years ago, becoming the dominant figure in Antarctic discovery. His incredible adventures on four expeditions to the Antarctic have captivated generations. But Shackleton was a flawed character whose chaotic private life, marked by romantic affairs, unfulfilled ambitions, and failed business ventures, contrasted with his celebrity status as the leading explorer.

As a boy he preferred reading sea stories to doing homework and, at age 16, became an apprentice seaman. Subsequently, Ernest Shackleton's incredible journeys to the South Pole in the early 1900s made him one of the most famous explorers of modern times. His courage in the face of dangerous conditions and unforeseeable tragedies reveal the great leader that he was.

Relates how twenty-seven men and sixty-nine sled dogs aboard the Endurance struggled to survive when the ship became stuck in the ice during an expedition to Antarctica in 1914.

Photographs, illustrations, and facts describe the Antarctic expedition of Ernest Shackleton that began in 1914.

Photographs and text profile the experiences polar explorer Ernest Shackleton had as he tried to reach the South Pole in 1914.

Recreates the epic journeys of some of the most intrepid explorers in history - Lewis & Clark, Alexander von Humboldt, and Ernest Shackleton.