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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100670034126

ISBN-139780670034123

eBay Product ID (ePID)48255939

Product Key Features

Book TitleLost Men : the Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPolar Regions, Adventurers & Explorers, General, Historical

Publication Year2006

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorKelly Tyler-Lewis

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight22 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2005-053164

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal919.8904

SynopsisLong overshadowed by the mission Shackleton's men bargained their lives to sustain, this heartrending story of survival against all odds gets its due in this surprising account of the final journey of the heroic age of polar expedition., The excruciating tale of the Ross Sea party, the other side of Shackleton’s Enduranceexpedition In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed south aboard the Enduranceto make history by crossing the Antarctic continent. Shackleton’s story is legend, but few know the harrowing story of the Ross Sea party, Shackleton’s support group dispatched to the other side of the continent to build a lifeline of food and fuel depots to bear his crossing.I had not anticipated that the work would present any great difficulties,” Shackleton wrote. Yet everything went tragically wrong when the Ross Sea ship, the Aurora, tore free of her moorings and disappeared in a gale, leaving ten men marooned with only the clothes on their backs and few provisions. With little hope of rescue from a world embroiled in World War I, the men decided to accomplish their mission against all odds.Long overshadowed by the mission these men bargained their lives to sustain, this heartrending story of survival against all odds now gets its due in this definitive, surprising account of the final journey of the heroic age of polar expedition., The excruciating tale of the Ross Sea party, the other side of Shackletons "Endurance" expedition In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed south aboard the "Endurance" to make history by crossing the Antarctic continent. Shackletons story is legend, but few know the harrowing story of the Ross Sea party, Shackletons support group dispatched to the other side of the continent to build a lifeline of food and fuel depots to bear his crossing. I had not anticipated that the work would present any great difficulties, Shackleton wrote. Yet everything went tragically wrong when the Ross Sea ship, the "Aurora", tore free of her moorings and disappeared in a gale, leaving ten men marooned with only the clothes on their backs and few provisions. With little hope of rescue from a world embroiled in World War I, the men decided to accomplish their mission against all odds. Long overshadowed by the mission these men bargained their lives to sustain, this heartrending story of survival against all odds now gets its due in this definitive, surprising account of the final journey of the heroic age of polar expedition.

LC Classification NumberG850