South. The Illustrated Story Of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Zenith Press
Publisher Place: Usa
Publisher Year: 2019
Edition: First Edition

Description: 384 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: In 1914, the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton announced an ambitious plan to lead the first trek across Antarctica via the South Pole. The expedition would prove fraught with adventureand peril. South is the remarkable tale of the ill-fated expedition, told in Shackletons own wordsbreathtakingly illustrated in this unique edition with photography from the expedition, modern images of the Antarctic, and newly discovered photos from the Ross Sea Party. This handsome edition, first published in 2016, is presented in paperback to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the original publication and features images by expedition photographer Frank Hurley, modern color photography of the fauna and vistas the men encountered, as well as long-lost photos taken by the expeditions Ross Sea Party and discovered in 2013. The expeditions story begins on the eve of World War I, when the ship Endurance departed England with Shackleton and his team of six men. The plan was to travel 1,800 miles across the icy continent from the Atlantic side, while a second team aboard the Aurora, would reach Antarcticas Pacific side and lay out supply depots for the advancing team. As the Endurance approached the continent, however, it became hopelessly locked in an ice floe, beginning a series of harrowing travails. Today considered an adventure survival classic, South is the true story of a thrilling polar expedition. Never before has Shackletons lively prose been so extensively and stunningly illustrated.

ISBN: 9780760364826