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Endurance : an epic of polar adventure /

Frank Worsley recounts his harrowing experience as commander of the HMS "Endurance," which became stuck in Antarctic ice packs on a 1914-16 expedition.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Worsley, Frank Arthur, 1872-1943 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Norton, [1999]
Subjects:
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, > Sir, > 1874-1922 > Travel.
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition > (1914-1917)
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, > Sir, > 1874-1922
Explorers > Great Britain > Biography.
Antarctica > Discovery and exploration.
Antarctique > Découverte et exploration.
Discoveries in geography
Explorers
Travel
Antarctica
Great Britain
Biographies
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • We lose the Endurance
  • Looking back
  • On the pack-ice
  • We reach the Elephant Island
  • On Elephant Island
  • The boat journey begins
  • We reach south Georgia
  • The crossing of south Georgia
  • The rescue
  • Northwards once more
  • The Ross sea party
  • In northern waters
  • Southwards again
  • Shackleton looks back
  • The death of a hero.