South!

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

332 Seiten

2015 | 3rd edition
John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-909612-61-7 (ISBN)

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Ernest Shackleton sailed to the South Pole as the First World War broke out in Europe, intent on making the first ever trans-Antarctic crossing. South! is Shackleton's first-hand account of the epic expedition, which he described as 'the last great journey on earth'. During the journey their ship, the Endurance, became trapped by ice and was crushed, forcing the men to survive in and escape from one of the world's most hostile environments. With no hope of rescue, Shackleton and four others set sail in a small open boat on a 600-mile crossing to South Georgia. Shipwrecked on the uninhabited side of the island, they were forced into making the first ever winter crossing of the island, all the time threatened by brutal cold and hunger. South! made Shackleton's name as an explorer. The dramatic story, one of the most astonishing feats of Polar escapology, remains as enthralling now as when it was first published in 1919. Stanfords Travel Classics feature some of the finest historical travel writing in the English language, with authors hailing from both sides of the Atlantic.
Every title has been reset in a contemporary typeface to create a series that every lover of fine travel literature will want to collect and keep.

Ernest Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish explorer who was one of the principal figures of Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Welt / Arktis / Antarktis
ISBN-10	1-909612-61-8 / 1909612618
ISBN-13	978-1-909612-61-7 / 9781909612617
Zustand	Neuware