num_pages: 418
description: In 1914, a party led by veteran explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton sets out to become the first to traverse the continent of Antarctica. Their initial optimism is short-lived, however, as the ice field slowly thickens, encasing the ship Endurance in a death-grip, crushing their craft, and marooning 28 men on a polar ice floe....In an epic struggle of man versus the elements, Shackleton leads his team on a harrowing quest for survival over some of the most unforgiving terrain in the world. Icy, tempestuous seas full of gargantuan waves, mountainous glaciers and icebergs, unending brutal cold, and ever-looming starvation are their mortal foes as Shackleton and his men struggle to stay alive.What happened to those brave men forever stands as a testament to their strength of will and the power of human endurance.This is their story, as told by the man who led them.
language: English
title: South: The ENDURANCE Expedition
titlecomplete: South: The ENDURANCE Expedition
characters: Ernest Shackleton
genres: Historical, History, Classics, Survival, Adventure, Memoir, Nature, Travel, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 10015
places: Antarctica, Grytviken, South Georgia
publisher: Signet Books