South : the illustrated story of Shackleton's last expedition, 1914-1917

Experience the epic survival adventure of Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, brought to life with photos from the journey as well as modern color photography of the fauna, seascapes, and landscapes! In 1914, the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton announced an ambitious plan to lead the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition - the first trek across Antarctica from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the South Pole. Shackleton's third expedition would prove fraught with adventure - and peril. South is the remarkable tale of that ill-fated expedition as told in Shackleton's own words, and illustrated here with the photography of expedition photographer Frank Hurley, as well as modern color imagery of the fauna and stunning vistas the men encountered. Their story begins on the eve of World War I, when the ship Endurance departed from England with Shackleton and his team of six men. The plan was to travel 1,800 miles across the icy continent from the Atlantic side, while a second team aboard the ship Aurora , would reach the Pacific side from Tasmania and lay out supply depots for the advancing team. As the Endurance approached the continent, however, it faced early ice, and the vessel became hopelessly locked in an ice floe, beginning a series of travails for the men of the Endurance , including ice-covered mountainous islands, harrowing days in a life raft surrounded by hurricane-force winds, braving untested overland routes into the vast unknown, and much more. Today considered an adventure survival classic, South is the true story of a thrilling polar expedition. Never before has Shackleton's lively prose been so extensively illustrated with such stunning images. The explorer's classic account of adventure and survival in the Antarctic—with photos from the journey and color images of polar landscapes and animal life. In 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton announced an ambitious plan to lead the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition—the first trek across Antarctica from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the South Pole. Shackleton's third expedition would be filled with adventure—and fraught with peril. South is the remarkable tale of that ill-fated expedition as told in Shackleton's own words, and illustrated here with the photography of expedition photographer Frank Hurley, as well as modern color imagery of the fauna and stunning vistas the men encountered. Their story begins on the eve of World War I, when the ship Endurance departed from England with Shackleton and his team of six men. The plan was to travel 1,800 miles across the icy continent from the Atlantic side, while a second team, aboard the ship Aurora, would reach the Pacific side from Tasmania and lay out supply depots for the advancing team. As the Endurance approached the continent, however, it became hopelessly locked in an ice floe, beginning a series of travails including ice-covered mountainous islands, harrowing days in a life raft in hurricane-force winds, untested overland routes into the vast unknown, and more. South is the true story of a thrilling polar expedition—and never before has Shackleton's lively prose been so extensively illustrated with such extraordinary images. "In 1914, the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton announced an ambitious plan to lead the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition - the first trek across Antarctica from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the South Pole. Shackleton's third expedition would prove frought with adventure - and peril. South is the remarkable tale of that ill-fated expedition as told in Shackleton's own words, and illustrated here with the photography of expedition photographer Frank Hurley, as well as modern color imagery of the fauna and stunning vistas the men encountered. Their story begins on the eve of World War I, when the ship Endurance departed from England with Shackleton and his team of six men. The plan was to travel 1,800 miles across the icy continent from the Atlantic side, while a second team aboard the ship Aurora, would reach the Pacific side from Tasmania and lay out supply depots for the advancing team. As the Endurance approached the continent, however, it faced early ice, and the vessel became hopelessly locked in an ice floe, beginning a series of travails for the men of the Endurance, including ice-covered mountainous islands, harrowing days in a life raft surrounded by hurricane-force winds, braving untested overland routes into the vast unknown, and much more. Today considered an adventure survival classic, South is the true story of a thrilling polar expedition. Never before has Shackleton's lively prose been so extensively illustrated with such stunning images."--Publisher's description "One of the most harrowing survival stories of all time"—Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect StormVeteran explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's excruciating and inspiring expedition to Antarctica aboard the Endurance has long captured the public imagination. South is his own first-hand account of this epic adventure.As war clouds darkened over Europe in 1914, a party led by Shackleton set out to make the first crossing of the entire Antarctic continent via the Pole. But their initial optimism was short-lived as ice floes closed around their ship, gradually crushing it and marooning twenty-eight men on the polar ice. Alone in the world's most unforgiving environment, Shackleton and his team began a brutal quest for survival. And as the story of their journey across treacherous seas and a wilderness of glaciers and snow fields unfolds, the scale of their courage and heroism becomes movingly clear.* First time published as a Penguin Classic* Includes a selection of Frank Hurley's famous photographs* Features a new Introduction by Fergus Fleming Cover Title Copyright CONTENTS PREFACE CHAPTER I: INTO THE WEDDELL SEA CHAPTER II: NEW LAND CHAPTER III: WINTER MONTHS CHAPTER IV: LOSS OF THE ENDURANCE CHAPTER V: OCEAN CAMP CHAPTER VI: THE MARCH BETWEEN CHAPTER VII: PATIENCE CAMP CHAPTER VIII: ESCAPE FROM THE ICE CHAPTER IX: THE BOAT JOURNEY CHAPTER X: ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA CHAPTER XI: THE RESCUE CHAPTER XII: ELEPHANT ISLAND CHAPTER XIII: THE ROSS SEA PARTY CHAPTER XIV: WINTERING IN McMURDO SOUND CHAPTER XV: LAYING THE DEPOTS CHAPTER XVI: THE AURORA'S DRIFT CHAPTER XVII: THE LAST RELIEF CHAPTER XVIII: THE FINAL PHASE APPENDIX I SCIENTIFIC WORK SEA-ICE NOMENCLATURE METEOROLOGY PHYSICS SOUTH ATLANTIC WHALES AND WHALING APPENDIX II THE EXPEDITION HUTS AT McMURDO SOUND IMAGE CREDITS INDEX A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U W Y Read Ernest Shackleton's survival-story account of his 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. The tale is accompanied, in part, by Frank Hurley's photographs taken during the incredible journey