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Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
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Aurora Australis, 1908-09
Author: 1908-09. Aurora Australis.
Author: Sir Ernest Henry ShackletonPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019697689
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A visually stunning account of the British Antarctic Expedition of 1907, complete with beautifully rendered lithographs and etchings. Learn about the challenges faced by these intrepid explorers as they braved the icy wilderness in pursuit of scientific discovery. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Chronological List of Antarctic Expeditions and Related Historical Events
Author: Robert HeadlandPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521309035
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
This book lists Antarctic expeditions and related historical events from 700 BC to the time of publication in 1989.
Aurora Australis
Author: Sir Ernest Henry ShackletonPublisher: DigiCat
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
"Aurora Australis" by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, Frank Wild, Tannatt William Edgeworth David, George Marston, Alistair Mackay, James Murray, Douglas Mawson. Published by DigiCat. DigiCat publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each DigiCat edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Aurora Australis
Author: George MarstonPublisher:
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Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Printed in 1908 by members of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09, the first book ever printed in the Polar regions; ed. by E. H. Shackleton. Loose sheets laced in wooden covers, made of packing-cases which contained the provisions. Estimated only about 90 copies printed; not a public ed.
Aurora Australis
Author: George MarstonThrough the First Antarctic Night, 1898-1899
Author: Frederick Albert CookPublisher: London : W. Heinemann
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Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Aurora Australis
Author: In the Heart of the Antarctic
Author: Sir Ernest ShackletonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780140296204
Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Frustrated by his experiences on an expedition led by Captain Robert Scott, explorer Ernest Shackleton, in 1907, launched his own attempt to reach the South Pole. At the mercy of a hostile continent it was to become the most extreme test of endurance imaginable. This is his thrilling account of that expedition.
Shackleton
Author: Jonathan ShackletonPublisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299186203
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"By endurance we conquer."--Shackleton family motto Eighty years after Ernest Shackleton's death, his legend and the extraordinary story of the Endurance South Pole expedition still hold a grip on the public imagination. Trapped in drifting polar pack-ice for ten months, Ernest Shackleton and his crew fought for survival against all the odds. When the Endurance was finally crushed, they were stranded on ice floes for more than a year before reaching Elephant Island. From there Shackleton; and five of his men embarked on the most remarkable rescue mission in maritime history, sailing in a small open boat to South Georgia Island across eight hundred miles of the world's roughest seas to bring help to the others. Though he failed to reach the South Pole, Shackleton's story lives on because of his unique qualities of leadership and the extraordinary fact that all of his men survived. This compelling narrative probes the profound influence of Shackleton's Irish and Quaker roots in the making of a great leader. It offers a vivid portrait of a man at odds with the world and with himself, whose ambition was tempered by his flawed humanity and egalitarianism. Here too are the untold stories of Shackleton's upbringing in Kildare, his time in the Merchant Navy, his 1901 voyage on the Discovery with Robert Falcon Scott, his 1907 Nimrod expedition, his marriage and love affairs, his life as a public figure and politician, and the haunting story of his final, fatal expedition on the Quest. Drawing on family records, diaries, and letters--and hitherto unpublished photographs and archive material--this mesmerizing book takes us beyond the myth to Shackleton; the man, for whom "optimism is true moral courage," and whose greatest triumph was that of life over death. Shackleton: An Irishman in Antarctica is lavishly illustrated with more than a hundred photographs, maps, and engravings, some of them appearing in print for the first time. Shackleton: An Irishman in Antarctica, copublished by the Lilliput Press in Dublin and the University of Wisconsin Press, presents Shackleton family history with a particular focus on the explorer.
