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The lost men : the harrowing saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea party /

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An account of the support group that was dispatched to assist Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914 crossing of the Antarctic describes how the Ross Sea ship was lost in a gale, stranding ten men without supplies or a hope of rescue.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tyler-Lewis, Kelly (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, 2006.
Subjects:
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, > Sir, > 1874-1922 > Travel > Antarctica.
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition > (1914-1917)
Endurance (Ship)
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, > Sir, > 1874-1922
Shackleton, Ernest H.
Ross Sea (Antarctica) > Discovery and exploration > British.
Antarctica > Discovery and exploration > British.
Discoveries in geography > British.
Travel.
Antarctic Ocean > Ross Sea.
Antarctica.
Antarktisforschung
Endurance > Schiff
Geschichte 1914-1917
Nonfiction.
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of Contents:
  • "That restless spirit"
  • The Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition
  • Aurora
  • Southing
  • The great barrier
  • Eighty degrees south
  • Hut point
  • "An ideal place in a blizzard"
  • Marooned
  • Return to the barrier
  • Mount hope
  • "Homeward bound"
  • "Some way or other they're lost"
  • "Drifting to God knows where"
  • "Whereabouts Shackleton?"
  • Port Chalmers
  • Rescue
  • "The men that don't fit in"
  • Epilogue : "The brotherhood of men who know the south."