The Endurance
Shackleton's Perilous Expedition in Antarctica
WW Norton · Print & ebook · February 1, 2000
This true adventure tale of courage and survival tracks the dangerous expedition to Antarctica led by Sir Ernest Shackleton, featuring 40 full–color illustrations.
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- Who it’s for
- Follow Shackleton’s expedition through Antarctic ice, and explore its course with maps, a chronology, and background.
- Themes
- Antarctic exploration, Survival in extreme conditions, Courage and determination
- Genres
- Exploration & Discovery, Adventure & Explorers, Polar Regions
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This true adventure tale of courage and survival tracks the dangerous expedition to Antarctica led by Sir Ernest Shackleton, featuring 40 full–color illustrations. Intrigued by the mysterious, vast continent at the bottom of the world, Sir Ernest Shackleton fearlessly led 27 men to explore Antarctica—but on their way to its shore, their ship Endurance was crushed by the relentless ice!
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The shipwrecked team braved many months stranded on an ice floe (through an Antarctic winter), facing extreme hunger, frostbite, illness, and exhaustion. But through Shackleton's heroic effort to sail in an open wooden lifeboat to the nearest inhabited land—hundreds of miles away through the treacherous ocean—everyone was eventually rescued and this amazing true story began to be told again and again. Accompanying this tale for young readers are lovely watercolor paintings that capture the beauty of the Antarctic landscape and the team's heroic determination to survive. Young readers and adults alike will also be fascinated by the maps, chronology, and further background this book provides on one of history's most extraordinary expeditions.
Endurance in Antarctic Ice
Follow Shackleton’s expedition through Antarctic ice, and explore its course with maps, a chronology, and background.
Come here for
- Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition, from Endurance’s crushing to the crew’s rescue
- Watercolor paintings of Antarctica’s landscape and the team’s determination
Expect
- A true account of shipwreck, months stranded on an ice floe, and rescue
- Further background on the expedition
Where it sits
| Exploration & Discovery | 43% |
|---|---|
| Polar Regions | 38% |
| Adventure & Explorers | 35% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Exploration & Discovery
- Authors
- Meredith Hooper, M.P. Robertson
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Published
- February 1, 2000
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Antarctic exploration · Survival in extreme conditions · Courage and determination
- Reading lane
- Exploration & Discovery