The Lost Men: The Harrowing Story of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
Autor Kelly Tyler-Lewisen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 sep 2007
In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set forth to make history with the first-ever crossing of the Antarctic continent. He sailed into the Weddell Sea aboard the Endurance, while a ship called the Aurora sailed into the Ross Sea to create a lifeline of vital food and fuel depots to supply the epic crossing. Yet all went tragically wrong when the Aurora broke free of her moorings in an Antarctic gale and stranded ten men ashore. Left with little more than the clothing on their backs and scavenged equipment, the men vowed to carry on in the face of impossible odds. Meanwhile the rest of the Aurora crew, cast adrift at the mercy of the elements, battled for survival. The lost men struggled to save themselves and carry out their mission with little hope of rescue...
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780747579724
ISBN-10: 0747579725
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 130 x 216 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Ediția:New
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0747579725
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 130 x 216 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Ediția:New
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Recenzii
'Nail-biting ... this previously forgotten part of the expedition at last achieves the recognition it deserves'
'A gripping story embracing both tragedy and triumph and Tyler-Lewis tells it well'
'Compelling and compassionately written'
'The Lost Men tells in absorbing detail the story of what happened when the plan's weaknesses were exposed'
'A gripping story embracing both tragedy and triumph and Tyler-Lewis tells it well'
'Compelling and compassionately written'
'The Lost Men tells in absorbing detail the story of what happened when the plan's weaknesses were exposed'
Notă biografică
Kelly Tyler-Lewis, a historian, is Visiting Scholar of the Scott Polar Research Institute of the University of Cambridge, England. Her research took her to Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica, where she spent two months with the U.S. Antarctic Program.