South (eBook)

The Illustrated Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917

Ernest Henry Shackleton (Autor)

Frank Hurley (Fotograf)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
384 Seiten
Voyageur Press (Verlag)
978-0-7603-6483-3 (ISBN)

Infos

In 1914, the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton announced an ambitious plan to lead the first trek across Antarctica via the South Pole. The expedition would prove fraught with adventure—and peril. South is the remarkable tale of the ill-fated expedition, told in Shackleton's own words—breathtakingly illustrated in this unique edition with photography from the expedition, modern images of the Antarctic, and newly discovered photos from the Ross Sea Party. This edition, first published in 2016, is presented in paperback to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the original publication and features images by expedition photographer Frank Hurley, modern color photography of the fauna and vistas the men encountered, as well as long-lost photos taken by the expedition’s Ross Sea Party and discovered in 2013. The expedition’s story begins on the eve of World War I, when the ship Endurance departed England with Shackleton and his team of six men. The plan was to travel 1,800 miles across the icy continent from the Atlantic side, while a second team aboard the Aurora, would reach Antarctica’s Pacific side and lay out supply depots for the advancing team. As the Endurance approached the continent, however, it became hopelessly locked in an ice floe, beginning a series of harrowing travails. Today considered an adventure survival classic, South is the true story of a thrilling polar expedition. Never before has Shackleton's lively prose been so extensively and stunningly illustrated.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.3.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Schlagworte: 100th anniversary edition south • 100th anniversary of publication • Adventure • Amundson • Antarctica • Antarctic explorer • Antarctic Heritage Trust • Archeology • Arctic • Arctic Exploration • Aurora • British expeditions to Antarctic • Discovery • dr. john shears • endurance • endurance22 • Ernest Shackleton • Ernest Shackleton polar exploration book • exploration history • exploring the South Pole • falklands maritime heritage trust • famous • first hand account • found shipwreck endurance • Frank Hurley • Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration • icebreaker agulhas ii • illustrated edition • illustrated version • images • Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition • incredible voyage • lost photos • lost wreck • marine archaeology • New South Wales • Peary • Photographs • photography • Pictures • polar exploration • polar explorer • Ross Sea Party lost photos • Ross Sea Party photos • Royal Geographic Society • Shackleton • Shackleton's incredible voyage • Ship • ships caught in ice floes • SIR • Sir Ernest Shackleton • survival stories • Survival Story • the South Pole • trek across Antarctica • Version • Weddell Sea • world travel
• ISBN-10: 0-7603-6483-4 / 0760364834
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-6483-3 / 9780760364833