Monday, December 1, 2008

The Endurance:: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander


Provides an account of the Shackleton expedition of 1914, during which explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven set out to cross the Antarctic continent on foot, only to have their ship, Endurance, break up eighty-five miles short of their destination, leaving them stranded for close to two years. (910.4 ALEXANDER)

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