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South - Sir Ernest Shackleton

South

The last Antarctic expedition of Shackleton and the Endurance
Buch | Softcover
384 Seiten
2014
Adlard Coles Nautical (Verlag)
978-1-4729-0715-8 (ISBN)
CHF 18,90 inkl. MwSt
Over a century after she sank, the Endurance has been found, and here, in his own words, Sir Ernest Shackleton tells the extraordinary story of his extraordinary adventure.

In 1911 Roald Amundsen beat Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole, and Scott and his colleagues all died on the return journey. Ernest Shackleton, who had served with Scott on a previous expedition, decided that crossing Antarctica from sea to sea was the last great unattempted journey on the continent. His Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–17 was a failure. But perhaps because it failed, with Shackleton not only surviving but bringing his crew back alive, the expedition became more famous than many of those adventurous voyages that succeeded.

After reaching the Weddell Sea off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, Shackleton’s ship the Endurance became trapped in pack ice and spent 1915 drifting northwards. The Endurance was eventually crushed by the ice and sank, leaving 28 men stranded on the ice. They spent months sheltering from the subzero temperatures as the pack ice continued to drift. Eventually Shackleton accepted they could not rely on rescue and had to help themselves, so he led five men on an 800-mile voyage in an open boat to reach South Georgia, from where he was able to mount a rescue of all of the men he had left behind on the ice. Every one of them survived - a remarkable tribute to his leadership, courage and determination.

South is Shackleton’s own account of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. It is a true story of courageous endurance, survival against the odds and an undeterred sense of adventure. This special edition includes detailed maps so that the reader can see just how extraordinary Shackleton's achievement was, and a specially written Foreword by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, introducing the book from an explorer's perspective.

Sir Ernest Shackleton was born in Ireland in February 1874. He led three expeditions to the Antarctic, most notably the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. He intended to return to Antarctica in January 1921, but died of a heart attack whilst his ship was moored in South Georgia. At his wife's request, his body was buried there. Sir Ranulph Fiennes is, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, the world's greatest living explorer. He was the first person to cross Antarctica on foot, and the first person to visit both the North and South Poles by surface means.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 14.8.2014
Reihe/Serie Adlard Coles Maritime Classics
Vorwort Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Zusatzinfo Maps
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Gewicht 315 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
Reisen Reiseberichte Welt / Arktis / Antarktis
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte
ISBN-10 1-4729-0715-9 / 1472907159
ISBN-13 978-1-4729-0715-8 / 9781472907158
Zustand Neuware
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