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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (häftad, eng)
Discover the truth about ENDURANCE in this superb true story of adventure, shipwreck, storms and survival on the high seas.
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Discover the truth about ENDURANCE in this superb true story of adventure, shipwreck, storms and survival on the high seas.
''Superb ... the greatest survival story of all time'' Sir Chris Bonington
''One of the most remarkable tales of human courage and determinationThe story is gripping and the book is a classic'' Sir Ranulph Fiennes
ENDURANCE is the story of one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded. In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men set sail for the South Atlantic on board a ship called the EnduranceThe object of the expedition was to cross the Antarctic overland. In October 1915, still half a continent away from their intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in ice.
For five months Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways on one of the most savage regions of the worldThis utterly gripping book, based on first-hand accounts of crew members and interviews with survivors, describes how the men survived, how they lived together in camps on the ice for 17 months until they reached land, how they were attacked by sea leopards, the diseases which they developed, and the indefatigability of the men and their lasting civility towards one another in the most adverse conditions conceivable.
Format | Häftad |
Omfång | 304 sidor |
Språk | Engelska |
Förlag | Orion Publishing Co |
Utgivningsdatum | 2003-07-03 |
ISBN | 9780753809877 |
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- Häftad, 304, Engelska, Orion Publishing Co, 2003-07-03, 9780753809877
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Specifikation
Böcker
- Format Häftad
- Antal sidor 304
- Språk Engelska
- Förlag Orion Publishing Co
- Utgivningsdatum 2003-07-03
- ISBN 9780753809877