South!
Subtitle: the story of Shackleton's last expedition 1914-1917
By: Sir Ernest Shackleton C.V.O.
Series: Stanfords travel classics; Stanfords travel classics
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781909612617
Subjects: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917); Travel; Endurance (Ship); British; Discovery and exploration
Description: 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 t̀he 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! solidified Shackleton's name as an explorer. The dramatic story, one of the most astonishing feats of Polar escapology, remains as enthralling as when it was first published in 1919.
Notes: Originally published: 1919.
Table of contents: title: Into the Weddell Sea; title: New land; title: Winter months; title: Loss of the Endurance; title: Ocean camp; title: The march between; title: Patience Camp; title: Escape from the ice; title: The boat journey; title: Across South Georgia; title: The rescue; title: Elephant Island; title: The Ross sea party; title: Wintering in McMurdo Sound; title: Laying the depots; title: The Aurora's drift; title: The last relief; title: The final phase.