South, Sir Ernest Shackleton
South, Sir Ernest Shackleton
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South
The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917

Author: Sir Ernest Shackleton

Narrator: Steven Crossley

Unabridged: 14 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/31/2011

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

As war clouds darkened over Europe in 1914, a party led by Sir Ernest Shackleton set out to make the first crossing of the entire Antarctic continent via the Pole. But their initial optimism was short-lived as ice floes closed around their ship, gradually crushing it and marooning twenty-eight men on the polar ice. Alone in the world's most unforgiving environment, Shackleton and his team began a brutal quest for survival. And as the story of their journey across treacherous seas and a wilderness of glaciers and snow fields unfolds, the scale of their courage and heroism becomes movingly clear.

About Sir Ernest Shackleton

Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) was a junior officer under Robert Falcon Scott during the 1901-1904 expedition to the South Pole. His expedition on the whaler Nimrod in 1907 earned him a knighthood. He detailed his adventures aboard the Endurance during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914-1917 in the memoir South.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on November 13, 2022

The expedition’s goal was to be the first to cross the southern continent. Instead, Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, encountered early sea ice and was crushed, marooning him and his crew to face a two year long litany of hardships they could hardly imagine – a 600 mile voyage across shifting ice flo......more

Goodreads review by Roy on April 26, 2022

The bare facts of this story speak for themselves. In 1914, Ernest Shackleton set out on the Endurance on a mission to cross Antarctica via the pole. But his ship did not even reach the southern continent, instead getting trapped in floating ice during their approach. They drifted helplessly for mon......more

Goodreads review by Jessaka on March 10, 2022

Years ago I read the book, endurance. I liked it then but this time I decided to read the diary of Shackleton, In this time around it did not set well with me. I realized that they had to hunt and kill seals and penguins in order to survive... I can understand that. But then a penguin walked up to th......more

Goodreads review by P.E. on December 20, 2023

Against All Odds A breathtaking account of the unfathomably trying journey undertaken by Shackleton and his crew to Antarctica, between 1914 and 1917. Initially, the plan consisted in landing in the Weddell sea side, to join the second party, who left provisions for the Shackleton party on the second......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on April 30, 2014

First it was cold. And then it got really cold. And we're hungry. And it' cold and we're hungry. And phewy, it's really freaking cold. We don't have a whole lot to eat, either. Brrrrrrrrrrrr. Ice. Seals. Cold. Es muy frio. Teeth chattering. Chewing on blubber. Blubber fires. Shivering. Need more foo......more

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