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Shackleton s Boat Journey
by [Worsley, Frank Arthur]
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Frank A. Worsley was the captain of the H.M.S. Endurance, the ship used by the legendary explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton in his 1914-16 expedition to the Antarctic. On its way to the Antarctic continent the Endurance became trapped and then crushed by ice, and the ship's party of twenty-eight drifted on an ice floe for five months. Finally reaching an uninhabited island, Shackleton, Worsley, and four others sailed eight hundred miles in a small boat to the island of South Georgia, an astounding feat of navigation and courage. All hands survived this ill-fated expedition; as Worsley writes, "By self-sacrifice and throwing his own life into the balance, [Shackleton
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- W. W. Norton & Compan Brand
- Aug 1, 1998 Pub Date:
- 9780393318647 ISBN-13:
- 0393318648 ISBN-10:
- 224.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 8.2 in * 0.5 in * 5.5 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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