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Title	:	South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917
Author	:	Ernest Shackleton
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 374 pages
Published	:	November 1999 by Penguin Books (first published 1919)
Categories	:	History. Nonfiction. Adventure. Biography. Travel. Autobiography. Memoir

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In 1914, as the shadow of war falls across Europe, a party led by veteran explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton sets out to become the first to traverse the Antarctic continent. Their initial optimism is short-lived, however, as the ice field slowly thickens, encasing the ship Endurance in a death-grip, crushing their craft, and marooning 28 men on a polar ice floe. In an epic struggle of man versus the elements, Shackleton leads his team on a harrowing quest for survival over some of the most unforgiving terrain in the world. Icy, tempestuous seas full of gargantuan waves, mountainous glaciers and icebergs, unending brutal cold, and ever-looming starvation are their mortal foes as Shackleton and his men struggle to stay alive. What happened to those brave men forever stands as a testament to their strength of will and the power of human endurance. This is their story, as told by the man who led them.

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Original Title:	South
ISBN:	0712664122 (ISBN13: 9780712664127)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Ernest Shackleton
Setting:	Grytviken, South Georgia Antarctica

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For knowledge and erudition, give me Scott. For expeditionary and exploration prowess, take Peary. But if disaster strikes, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton!

I read the great memoir during the height of winter, how appropriate. It is a great story about survival and management, yes, management. Sir Ernest was a master at it and it's the main reason for the high survival rate during this horrific expedition.

This is an astonishing story of courage, determination, leadership and survival. It's amazing such a story as this is true, but the book gets quite boring in parts.

Read this one while you're hating how freaking cold out it is!! It's been a while since I read this, but if I remember correctly, it's all taken from the journals of the men on the expedition. There's a lot of stuff about lattitude and longitude, and 5000 different ways to describe cold and snow and ice! You may find that you want to skim over some of the more "scientific" stuff and just get to the good parts! You know: the frostbite, and the starvation, and the penguin poo! This book will make

Having read Endurance last month, I so appreciated Mallory's recommendation to follow up with Shackleton's own account! I'm glad I read them in this order, as the former read more as a novel, giving a better description of the cast of characters and was organized in a more dramatic fashion. Shackleton, on the other hand, preferred to give away the ending! This first hand account was absolutely enchanting. His descriptions of the phenomena and experiences in the Antarctic were vivid, and the

South... by Ernest Shackleton was published in 1919, long before Lansings book Endurance, which was published in 1959. Both books are very similar and tell for the most part the same story, however Lansings delivery is superior, however it was with great interest that I went from Endurance to South; and have no problem with the week I dedicated to Shackeltons memoir. When I look back at those days I have no doubt that Providence guided us, not only across those snowfields, but across the

This is a most first hand account of Shackleton and his last bid to cross the Antarctic. He had traveled in the ship he named the Endurance with 27 other men. Unfortunately, the ice froze him in. With the explosive sounds and many leaks, the men knew the craft was doomed. Shackleton kept their minds and bodies in shape by keeping them busy unloading the vessel.The book is made up of real entries into both the ship's log and individual journal entries. Before the boat sank, some photos were