Provides an account of the voyage undertaken by polar explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew aboard the Endurance in 1914-15, telling how the men survived after their ship became locked inside an island of ice and drifted for ten months ...

Ernest H. Shackleton war ein britischer Polarforscher zu Zeiten des sogenannten Goldenen Zeitalters der Antarktisforschung in der Zeit um das 19.

What really goes on in Antarctica?

"In Northern Mists" is one of the best-known works by a Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen.

Flying in every April on Russian jets, he joined risk-lovers to parachute over it, balloon across it, attain it on skis and scuba-dive under it.But as he discovers, man’s presence at the pole is still ephemeral and there is plenty of ...

Also known as the Endurance Expedition, this is considered the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

William Grimes, New York Times This is science writing at its best: clear, witty, relevant, unbelievably interesting, and just plain great. Mary Roach Walker has a Ph.D. in chemistry, but she writes like a poet.

The definitive collection of Frank Hurley's amazing photos from Shackleton's Antarctic expedition is the first book to reproduce all the surviving expedition photos, some of which have never been published. Over 450 photos.

A comprehensive single-authored book to introduce students and researchers to the marine geology of the Antarctic.

Verne's masterful storytelling and attention to detail make this novel a must-read for anyone interested in classic literature and tales of survival at sea.