Spirit of Endurance
Subtitle: The True Story of the Shackleton Expedition to the Antarctic
Contributors: William Maughan (Illustrator)
Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers
Published: September 12, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780517800911
Subjects: Endurance (Ship); Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition; Children: Grades 2-3; Discovery And Exploration (General); Shackleton, Ernest Henry,; Juvenile Fiction; Children's 4-8 - History - General; Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction; History - Exploration & Discovery; Historical - Exploration & Discoveries; Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Exploration & Discovery; 1874-1922; Sir,; Travel; (1914-1917); Antarctica
First sentence: Just three years earlier, a Norwegian explorer named Roald Amundsen had been the first person to reach the South Pole.