Of all Britain’s bold attempts to conquer the South Pole, the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition stands apart for its sheer scale, ambition, and confidence — and for the extraordinary nature of its failure. When the Endurance became trapped and was ultimately crushed to pieces in the Antarctic ice, its crew faced what seemed an inescapable fate. What followed was one of history’s most remarkable feats of human endurance and leadership. With his men stranded and time running out, Shackleton resolved on an almost impossibly audacious plan: a 700 nautical mile voyage in a small open boat across the savage Southern Ocean, aimed at a tiny whaling station on the remote, ice-sheeted island of South Georgia — the only inhabited outpost within any hope of reach. South tells the full story of the expedition and of Shackleton’s desperate journey to bring his crew home alive, a feat of navigation and courage that has never lost its power to astonish.
ISBN 13: 9780241251096
Author: Ernest Shackleton
