The Titanic Experience: The Tragic Story of an Unsinkable Ship and Her Enduring Legacy

Engineering & Transportation

Beau Riffenburgh

Transportation

Andr Deutsch

During the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first two decades of the twentieth, explorers from around the world conquered nature's last closely guarded bastions. Between them they navigated the Northwest and Northeast Passages, attained the North and South Poles, crossed the Arctic Basin and first flew airships and airplanes in the Arctic and Antarctic. "Polar Exploration" recounts the famous adventures of Ernest Shackleton, Douglas Mawson, Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen but also narrates stories far less well known to tell of poisonings, cannibalism, false claims, near misses and the feared killer of the polar regions - scurvy. Facsimile memorabilia will include: Scott's final diary entry; pages from Amundsen's 1911 diary describing how he reached the South Pole; and, a letter from Shackleton before he set off on his expedition aboard the Endurance.

Polar Exploration: The Heroic Exploits of the World's Greatest Polar Explorers

History

Andre Deutsch

Titanic: The Legend of the Unsinkable Ship

It was hailed as "unsinkable", the biggest ship in the world, the ultimate in seafaring luxury. Yet within five days of setting off from Southampton on its maiden voyage, Titanic had sunk to the bottom of the sea with the loss of over 1,500 lives. A century on, the fate of the Titanic remains the worst disaster in seafaring history. Dozens of books have charted the all-too-short life of Titanic but this is the first to contain 30 fascinating facsimile items of Titanic memorabilia. These give the reader a unique and compelling insight into life on board Titanic as she ventured out into the icy seas of the North Atlantic in April 1912 and include: the clearance form authorizing Titanic to set sail; the ticket belonging Father Frank Browne; telegrams sent to and from Titanic on the night of the collision; and, a condolence telegram sent to US President William H Taft.

The Titanic Experience It was hailed as "unsinkable", the biggest ship in the world, the ultimate in seafaring luxury. Yet within five days of setting off on its maiden voyage, Titanic had sunk to the bottom of the sea with the loss of over 1,500 lives. This title contains 30 facsimile items of Titanic memorabilia to give readers insight into life on board Titanic. Full description

Titanic Experience

World

Andre Deutsch Ltd.

Racing with Death

The early twentieth century was the 'heroic age' of Antarctic exploration - a time when adventurers such as Scott and Shackleton were national icons who personified the contemporary ideal of manly struggle for the good of Empire. But, while these two are world famous to this day, Australian Douglas Mawson, whose Australasian Antarctic Expedition, undertaken in 1911 after Mawson had been a key member of Shackleton's Nimrod expedition, Dr Edmund Hillary described as 'the greatest survival story in the history of exploration', is not. He should be, however.Mawson's expedition, undertaken on a small whaling ship called Aurora, combines several exceptionally exciting elements. Once in the Antarctic, the expedition split up into smaller parties exploring different areas. The two other members of Mawson's party died and Mawson was left to struggle hundreds of miles back to base on his own. Despite incredible odds, he made it, only to find that the rescue ship had sailed away, leaving him to face a year on his own in the Antarctic. Mawson, who had complex relationships with both Scott and Shackleton, was changed utterly by his struggles in the Antarctic and his story is a fascinating insight into the human psyche under extreme stress.

Biographies & Memoirs

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

Scott, Shackleton and Mawson were the three great explorers of the Edwardian age. Now Beau Riffenburgh tells the forgotten story of Douglas Mawson and his death-defying expedition of 1911-14. A key member of Ernest Shackleton's famous Nimrod Expedition, Mawson led his own Australasian Antarctic Expedition. However, following the tragic deaths of the other members of his sledging party, he was left to struggle the hundreds of miles back to base alone, only to find that the relief ship had sailed away, leaving him to face another year in Antarctica. Having survived with a small band of men against incredible odds, he later led a groundbreaking two-year expedition which explored hundreds of miles of unknown coastline. Mawson's is a story of true heroism and a fascinating insight into the human psyche under extreme duress.

Bloomsbury Paperbacks

Contains the photographs of Herbert Ponting, From the Archives of the Royal Geographical Society and the Scott Polar Research Institute. Forward by Ranulph Fiennes. With Scott to the Pole celebrates the achievements and heroism of Captain Scott and of all the members of the 1910-13 expedition. The story is captured in the extraordinary photogrpahs taken by Herbert Ponting--the "camera artist" whose meticulously executed and perfectly composed images capture the sublime landscape of Antarctica as well as the bravery and endurance exhibited by those on the expedition. Drawn from the archives of the Royal Geographical Society in London and the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, this rich selection also includes exceptionally finely-crafted images of the rough sea journey, the Terra Nova's arrival in Antarctic waters, the dramatically breaking pack-ice, setting up camp and building the hut at Cape Evans, exploratory scientific forays, daily life at camp, the laying of depots and the final push to the Pole.

With Scott to the Pole: The Terra Nova Expedition 1910-1913

Barnes&Noble

Photographs of H.G.Ponting

Arts & Photography

E. Cruwys

Photography & Video

Discovery Gallery

The Titanic: Experience The Legend of the Unskinkable Ship

Performing Arts

Seven Oaks

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