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The ship beneath the ice : the discovery of Shackleton's Endurance / Mensun Bound.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: 420 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white) ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781035008421 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 910.91673 23
LOC classification:
  • G530
Summary: On 21 November 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, finally succumbed to the crushing ice. Its crew watched in silence as the stern rose twenty feet in the air and then, it was gone. The miraculous escape and survival of all 28 men on board have entered legend. And yet, the iconic ship that bore them to the brink of the Antarctic was considered forever lost. A century later, an audacious plan to locate the ship was hatched. 'The Ship Beneath the Ice' gives a blow-by-blow account of the two epic expeditions to find the Endurance. As with Shackleton's own story, the voyages were filled with intense drama and teamwork under pressure.
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Non Fiction The Harden Library, King's Hospital General 910.91673 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 30499100000169

Originally published: London: Macmillan, 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

On 21 November 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, finally succumbed to the crushing ice. Its crew watched in silence as the stern rose twenty feet in the air and then, it was gone. The miraculous escape and survival of all 28 men on board have entered legend. And yet, the iconic ship that bore them to the brink of the Antarctic was considered forever lost. A century later, an audacious plan to locate the ship was hatched. 'The Ship Beneath the Ice' gives a blow-by-blow account of the two epic expeditions to find the Endurance. As with Shackleton's own story, the voyages were filled with intense drama and teamwork under pressure.

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