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Shackletons Forgotten Men

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When Ernest Shackleton resolved to cross Antarctica in 1915, he knew the task would require two parties of men. Shackleton and his crew aimed to cross the continent - but were to meet with disaster when their ship, the Endurance, was frozen into the ice of the Weddell Sea. Meanwhile a smaller group - the Ross Sea party, led by the impetuous one-eyed captain Aeneas Mackintosh and the hard-headed Ernest Joyce - went before them and landed on the opposite side of the continent. Their mission was to haul sledges almost 2,000 miles across the harsh interior in order to ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780712668071
SKU
V9780712668071
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Lennard Bickel
Lennard Bickel has made a career of writing about little-known epics of human triumph over adversity. He is the author of twelve books.

Reviews for Shackletons Forgotten Men
This journey is without parallel in the annals of polar exploration...a task almost beyond human endurance
Ernest Mills Joyce No more remarkable story of human endeavour has been revealed than the tale of that long march
Sir Earnest Shackleton

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