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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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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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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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Quite simply awesome. And I don't use the word lightly, considering it is very much an overused word. Ernest Shackleton was a hero not only because of what he endured, but because of how he led. As opposed to Robert Scott who made a series of errors (as well as experiencing some genuine bad luck with inclement weather) culminating in disaster in 1912, Shackleton's primary concern above all aspects of his mission were the men under his command. In 1908 - on his earlier 'farthest south'

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.

Most certainly, as exploration adventure survival stories go, Shackleton's 'South' has to be in the premier league. My copy in the Penquin Classics series, (which contains those excellent black and white photographs of Frank Hurley's), originally published from Shackleton's memoirs/logs from the Endurance expedition in 1919.If ever a ship was more aptly named! Of course, this epic tale has been re-told in other books and on film. Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914 expedition was to be a

Despite sitting here in October whining to myself about my cold fingers while typing, I have to admit I've got kind of a thing for grueling polar expeditions and the occasional 19th century disastrous sea voyage. I especially have a thing for Mr. Shackleton, the great heroic failure of the Edwardian era. (Not my words, but I don't recall who said them someone on NPR, I expect).This book is the detailed accounts of Shackleton's last Antarctic journey. He takes a crew on the Endurance to the

I doubt there could be a more real life example of the What would you take to a desert island? than Shackletons trip to the Antarctic. There is an exhibition of the photographs of that trip on at the RGS in London at the moment. One of the photos shows a wall of books, his floating library. The RGS has been able to digitally enhance it, so that we now know exactly what Shackleton took on this unhappy expedition.Can you judge a book by its cover? Magazine correctly judged by cover (from The

This book was very slow paced and detailed, and took me a long time to read, especially the first third. The story was amazing, but I cant decide if they were amazingly brave and perseverant, or just a bit stupid. Not their survival, but putting themselves at such risk in the first place. When they ended up stranded, no one seemed remotely surprised. The person who recommended this book to me mentioned looking at leadership traits, so I was thinking about that as I read this book.Team building:

I love reading about Polar explores and this book just blew me away. This book was Ernest Shackeltons journal of the Endurance Expidition and his participation of trying to save the crew of another boat called the Aurora.Some of the stand out members of the expedition were Named Wild and Creen. This was one of those books that I wanted to finish in one sitting. But work got in the way. I could keep going on about how great this book is, but you must experience it for yourself.