After the conquest of the South Pole by Amundsen, who, by a narrow margin of days only, was in advance of the British Expedition under Scott, there remained but one great main object of Antarctic journeyings-the crossing of the South Polar continent from sea to sea. When I returned from the Nimrod Expedition on which we had to turn back from our attempt to plant the British flag on the South Pole, being beaten by stress of circumstances within ninety-seven miles of our goal, my mind turned to the crossing of the continent, for I was morally certain that either Amundsen or Scott would reach the Pole on our own route or a parallel one. After hearing of the Norwegian success I began to make preparations to start a last great journey-so that the first crossing of the last continent should be achieved by a British Expedition. We failed in this object, but the story of our attempt is the subject for the following pages, and I think that though failure in the actual accomplishment must be recorded, there are chapters in this book of high adventure, strenuous days, lonely nights, unique experiences, and, above all, records of unflinching determination, supreme loyalty, and generous self-sacrifice on the part of my men which, even in these days that have witnessed the sacrifices of nations and regardlessness of self on the part of individuals, still will be of interest to readers who now turn gladly from the red horror of war and the strain of the last five years to read, perhaps with more understanding minds, the tale of the White Warfare of the South. The struggles, the disappointments, and the endurance of this small party of Britishers, hidden away for nearly two years in the fastnesses of the Polar ice, striving to carry out the ordained task and ignorant of the crises through which the world was passing, make a story which is unique in the history of Antarctic exploration.

South: The Endurance Expedition (Penguin Modern Classics)

Ernest Shackleton

History

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Excerpt from The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909 Land, and many new peaks, glaciers. And ice-tongues were dis covered, in addition to a couple of small islands. The whole of the coast traversed was carefully triangulated, and the existing map was corrected in several respects. The survey of the western mountains by the Western Party added to the information of the topographical details of that part of Victoria Land, and threw some new light on its geology. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909 (Classic Reprint)

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The Heart of the Antarctic

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The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909; Volume 2

Hugh Robert Mill

Tannatt William Edgeworth David

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South

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South: Library Edition

His destination Antarctica, his expectations high, veteran explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton set out, on the eve of the First World War, in pursuit of his goal to lead the first expedition across the last unknown continent. Instead, his ship, the Endurance, became locked in sea ice, and for nine months Shackleton fought a losing battle with the elements before the drifting ship was crushed and his crew marooned. Shackleton's gripping account of his incredible voyage follows him and his men across 600 miles of unstable ice floes to a barren rock called Elephant Island. It records how, with a crew of four, he crossed 850 miles of the worst seas in a twenty-two-foot-long open boat and how, after landing on South Georgia Island, they then had to traverse over twenty miles of mountainous terrain to reach the nearest outpost of civilization. Shackleton recounts, too, the efforts of his support party aboard the Aurora, who in temperatures of -50 [degree] and winds of 80 m.p.h. still managed to drop off supplies on the opposite side of the continent, little suspecting the fate of the Endurance and the ordeal of its crew. The harrowing experience recounted in Shackleton's memoir is also strikingly illustrated with eighty-eight diagrams and original photographs taken in the course of this incredible voyage.

South: A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage

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Carroll&Graf

The Antarctic Legacy of Sir Ernest Shackleton and Frank Hurley.

Shackleton: The Enduring Eye

Frank, Hurley

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Best known for the heroic and successful efforts of Ernest Shackleton and his men to save themselves from the remote, frozen Antarctic after disaster destroyed their ship thousands of miles from the civilization. Although wireless radio was available to ships at the time, the expedition's distant location made such contact impossible, and because World War I was raging, no rescue effort ever left Britain in search of the missing crew.Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books  Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk)  as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries,  requests or need any help you can just send an email  to publications@publicdomain.org.uk This book is found as a public domain  and free book based on various online catalogs,  if you think there are any problems regard copyright  issues please contact us immediately  via DMCA@publicdomain.org.uk

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South!

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