- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; New edition edition (14 Aug 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0297843605
- ISBN-13: 978-0297843603
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 20.4 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 912,007 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Julie Summers has unearthed many stunning images... This is a riveting story in words and pictures of rivalry, survival, comradeship and courage in the face of danger and hardship... Through photographs, drawings and diary extracts we come to know Shackleton... the enthusiast will be thrilled with this long awaited pictorial work with its high definition photographs speaking volumes of the victories and the defeats and the daily grind of surival.' (MODEL BOATS (Dec '03) )
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Ernest Shackleton is best known for his ENDURANCE expedition, but he took part in four Antarctic expeditions in all - the DISCOVERY (1902-4), the NIMROD expedition (1907-9), the ENDURANCE-AURORA expedition (1914-17) and QUEST, his final journey in 1921. Roland Huntford looks at Shackleton the explorer and leader of men, the hero of his day who was knighted by King Edward VII. This is a riveting story in words and pictures of rivalry, survival, comradeship and courage in the face of danger and hardship. Includes 100 photographs not published before, including Shackleton's own, and from personal archives in the UK, New Zealand & Australia.
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One day in March 1909 a sturdy figure strode into a telegraph office on Stewart Island, off the coast of New Zealand. Read the first page
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This review is from: The Shackleton Voyages: A pictorial anthology of the polar explorer and Edwardian hero (Hardcover)
An excellent offering,superb photographs, many of which you wont see in any other books and absolutely amazing and true accounting of the 1914 Antarctic expedition which became famous for going wrong. This book is a classic account of one of man's most remarkable journeys captured on basic camera technolgy which would put a lot of current day photographers to shame.Read it and discover for yourself. Great Book.
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This review is from: The Shackleton Voyages: A pictorial anthology of the polar explorer and Edwardian hero (Hardcover)
This is the twelfth book I've read that covers some aspect of the Shackleton story (or stories, there were more than one expedition). With the knowledge gained and the information learned, I can get rid of the other eleven off my shelves. This edition is an excellent summary of them all, and contains a treasure trove of pictures, some of which aren't in the other books. For someone looking to learn about Shackleton, this is not the place to start, except as a quick overview. An excellent offering, great writing, superb photographs.
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