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The Endurance : Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition  Cover Image Book Book

The Endurance : Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition / Caroline Alexander.

Summary:

Provides an account of the Shackleton expedition of 1914, during which explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven set out to cross the Antarctic continent on foot, only to have their ship, Endurance, break up eighty-five miles short of their destination, leaving them stranded for close to two years. Includes a photographic record of the adventure.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0375404031
  • Physical Description: 211 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Knopf in association with the American Museum of Natural History, 1998.
  • Distributor: Distributed by Random House

Content descriptions

General Note:
"With unpublished photographs by Frank Hurley"--Jacket.
Citation/References Note:
Wilson's Senior High School
Library Journal
Books for the Teen Age (NYPL)
Target Audience Note:
Young Adult Follett Library Resources
Young Adult
1180L Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR 8.6 11.0
Subject: Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 > Travel.
Endurance (Ship)
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917)
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922.
Endurance (Ship)
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, (1914-1917)

Available copies

  • 15 of 15 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Umatilla County Public Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Weston Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 15 total copies.
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Weston Public Library 919.8 Al26 (Text) 37886000041896 Adult Non-Fiction Available -


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