Shipwreck at the bottom of the world : the extraordinary true story of Shackleton and the Endurance / Jennifer Armstrong.

By: Armstrong, Jennifer, 1961-Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Crown, c1998Edition: 1st edDescription: 134 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN: 0517800136 :Subject(s): Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 -- Juvenile literature | Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 | Endurance (Ship) -- Juvenile literature | Endurance (Ship) | Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) -- Juvenile literature | Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917)DDC classification: 919.8/904 LOC classification: G850 1914 .S53 | A76 1998Summary: Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-130) and index.

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Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.

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