1874-1922

A fictional account of Sir Ernest Shackleton's treacherous voyage to Antarctica--in which he and his crew became trapped in ice--told by Mrs. Chippy, a cat on the ship.

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.

Presents a biographical fiction based upon the life of Bert Williams, who, after years of struggling on the stage, donned blackface makeup and became the most famous African-American entertainer of the early 1900s, and describes the effects of this "impersonation" to his own life and to the lives of his family.

A brief biography of Ernest Shackleton, famous for his historic 1914 journey to the South Pole aboard the Endurance.

Provides an account of British explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton's 1914 expedition to Antarctica, telling of how the crew survived after their ship became lodged in ice and finally sank. Presented in graphic novel form.

A fictionalized account of the adventures of eighteen-year-old Perce Blackborow, who stowed away for the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition and, after their ship Endurance was crushed by ice, endured many hardships, including the loss of his toes to frostbite, during the nearly two-year return journey across sea and ice.

Presents the life and Arctic explorations of Sir Ernest Shackleton.

Describes the 800-mile sea journey in a 20-foot boat made by Sir Ernest Shackleton and 5 other men in order to seek help for the stranded companions of their Antarctic expedition.

Describes the events 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 to reach inhabited land.