Product Description

Ernest Shackleton is best known for his ENDURANCE expedition, but he took part in four Antarctic expeditions in all - the DISCOVERY (1902-4), the NIMROD expedition (1907-9), the ENDURANCE-AURORA expedition (1914-17) and QUEST, his final journey in 1921. Roland Huntford looks at Shackleton the explorer and leader of men, the hero of his day who was knighted by King Edward VII. This is a riveting story in words and pictures of rivalry, survival, comradeship and courage in the face of danger and hardship. Includes 100 photographs not published before, including Shackleton's own, and from personal archives in the UK, New Zealand & Australia.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #406357 in Books
• Published on: 2003-08-14
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

MODEL BOATS (Dec '03)
'Julie Summers has unearthed many stunning images... This is a riveting story in words and pictures of rivalry, survival, comradeship and courage in the face of danger and hardship... Through photographs, drawings and diary extracts we come to know Shackleton... the enthusiast will be thrilled with this long awaited pictorial work with its high definition photographs speaking volumes of the victories and the defeats and the daily grind of surival.'

Review
'Julie Summers has unearthed many stunning images... This is a riveting story in words and pictures of rivalry, survival, comradeship and courage in the face of danger and hardship... Through photographs, drawings and diary extracts we come to know Shackleton... the enthusiast will be thrilled with this long awaited pictorial work with its high definition photographs speaking volumes of the victories and the defeats and the daily grind of surival.' (MODEL BOATS (Dec '03) )

About the Author
Roland Huntford's fascination with polar exploration began when he was the OBSERVER'S Scandinavian correspondent. He is a former Alistair Horne Fellow at St Anthony's College, Oxford, and is a member of Wolfson College, Cambridge. Roland was a consultant for the IMAX film and the highly acclaimed Channel 4 documentary SHACKLETON.

Customer Reviews

The Shackleton Voyages
An excellent offering,superb photographs, many of which you wont see in any other books and absolutely amazing and true accounting of the 1914 Antarctic expedition which became famous for going wrong. This book is a classic account of one of man's most remarkable journeys captured on basic camera technolgy which would put a lot of current day photographers to shame.

Read it and discover for yourself. Great Book.