Product Description

A year and a day after James Cook arrived back on English soil having claimed Australia and New Zealand for the British crown, he set sail again on a three-year journey (1772-1775) that still remains the greatest exploratory voyage ever undertaken in the far Southern waters of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. His was the first ship ever to cross the Antarctic Circle, and no sailing ship since has ventured further south through the ice. This is a colourful and exciting story of the crew and their life aboard the Resolution and the adventures that occurred whenever they landed on exotic islands and coasts such as Tahiti, Easter Island, the Tonga Islands and above all the snow, fog, treacherous ice and blizzards of Antarctica.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #525567 in Books
• Published on: 2004-02-12
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 189 pages

Robbie Hudson, THE SUNDAY TIMES
'Aughton's brisk, clear-eyed narrative arrestingly lets the tale speak for itself.'

Review
'Aughton's brisk, clear-eyed narrative arrestingly lets the tale speak for itself.' (Robbie Hudson THE SUNDAY TIMES )

'an enticing story of southern exploration, pierced by cannibalism and mean-spirited quarrels (NEW SCIENTIST )

Robbie Hudson, THE SUNDAY TIMES
'Aughton's brisk, clear-eyed narrative arrestingly lets the tale speak for itself.'