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The Endurance : Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition

Alexander, Caroline 1956- (Author). Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962 (Added Author). American Museum of Natural History. (Added Author).

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 across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.

Book  - 1998

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Subject
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922.
Endurance (Ship)
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917)
Antarctica > Discovery and exploration.
  • ISBN: 0375404031
  • Physical Description print
    211 pages : illustrations, map
  • Edition 1st ed. --
  • Publisher New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Borzoi book."
"In association with the American Museum of Natural History."
"With the astonishing unpublished photographs of Frank Hurley."
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-210)
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC $39.95