1: Antarctic dreams
2: Heading south
3: South again
4: Crossing a continent
5: Choosing a crew
6: Setting sail
7: Into the Weddell Sea
8: Stuck fast
9: Abandon ship
10: Patience camp
11: Escape from the ice
12: Land at last
13: Elephant island
14: Left behind
15: A desperate journey
16: Crossing the island
17: 'My name is Shackleton'
18: Rescue missions
19: Later life
20: In Shackleton's footsteps
21: Map of the journey
Products specifications
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Author
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Anita Ganeri |
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Pub Date
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26/05/2016 |
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Binding
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Paperback / softback |
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Pages
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48 |
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Country
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United Kingdom |
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Dewey
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919.8904092 |
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GBPPrice
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9.99 |
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Availability
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Available |
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AR Level
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Middle Years, Book Level: 6.1 |
In October 1914, the explorer, Ernest Shakleton and a team of men, set out on the ship, Endurance, to cross Antarctica via the South Pole. A few months into their voyage, the ship became trapped in ice, eventually sinking.
With little hope of rescue, Shakleton's crew lived on the ice, enduring freezing temperatures and with only the food they could catch from the sea. When the ice floes began to crack beneath them, the men undertook a treacherous journey in three small lifeboats across the icy, stormy sea, eventually landing on Elephant Island - a place where no-one lived or was ever likely to visit...
Retold in vivid detail and illustrated with contemporary photographs and artefacts, this story recounts one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human endeavor ever recorded.
