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Author:
Armstrong, Jennifer, 1961-
Title:
Shipwreck at the bottom of the world : the extraordinary true story of Shackleton and the Endurance / Jennifer Armstrong.
Edition:
1st pbk. ed.
Publisher:
Crown Publishers,
Copyright Date:
2000, c1998
Description:
134 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Subject:
Shackleton, Ernest Henry,--Sir,--1874-1922.
Endurance (Ship)
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1917.
Shackleton, Ernest Henry,--Sir,--1874-1922--Juvenile literature.
Endurance (Ship)--Juvenile literature.
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition--(1914-1917)--Juvenile literature.
South Pole--Juvenile literature.
Antarctica--Juvenile literature.
Shipwrecks--Juvenile literature.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-130) and an index.
Contents:
Just imagine -- Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition -- Growlers -- Fist of the Antarctic -- Winter on the pack -- Pressure -- Face of the deep is frozen -- Ocean camp -- Mutiny -- Patience, patience, patience -- Into the boats -- Escape from the ice -- Passage to Elephant Island -- Dry land -- Open boat journey: First ten days -- End of the open boat journey -- Cave -- Alps of the southern ocean -- Camp Wild -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary:
"Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land."
ISBN:
9780517800140 (lib. bdg.)
0517800144 (lib. bdg.)
9780517800133 (trade)
0517800136 (trade)
9780375810497 (pbk.)
0375810498 (pbk.) :
OCLC:
(OCoLC)45723326
Locations:
DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)
TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)
HUAX887 -- Southwestern Community College Library - Creston (Creston) — HUAX887
UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)
YFPC572 -- Springville Memorial Library (Springville)
GPPC641 -- Gutekunst Public Library (State Center)
SWPB522 -- Swisher Public Library (Swisher)

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