Shackleton's incredible voyage Lansing, Alfred creator text biography nyu New York, NY Basic Books 2007 monographic eng

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282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm The astonishing saga of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's survival for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as Time magazine put it, "defined heroism." Alfred Lansing's scrupulously researched and brilliantly narrated book has long been acknowledged as the definitive account of the Endurance's fateful trip. This new edition has been augmented with maps and illustrations Alfred Lansing "First published by Caroll & Graf in 1986"--T.p. verso t------ Sir Shackleton, Ernest Henry 1874-1922 Travel Antarctica Endurance (Ship) Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) Antarctica Discovery and exploration G850 1914 .S53 L36 2007 919.8/904 9780786706211 078670621X 090514 20220701114313.0 320964248