Escape from the Antarctic by Ernest Shackleton

Escape from the Antarctic

Penguin Great Journeys #17

Ernest Shackleton

90 pages first pub 1919 (editions)

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Although Shackleton's (1874-1922) epic expedition to reach the South Pole was a complete disaster, it was rescued from absurdity by his heroic, terrifying crossing of the Southern Ocean in a small boat to a whaling station on South Georgia. Throug...

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