Shackleton - A Beginner's Guide introduces you to the amazing life of the explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, who in 1914, when leading the Endurance expedition to Antarctica, became stranded on the drifting polar ice-pack, hundreds of miles from safety. Christopher Edge's gripping text explores: the world of polar exploration at the beginning of the 20th century; the threats to survival in the harsh environment of Antarctica, the last true wilderness on earth; Shackleton's heroic feats of bravery and determination on his earlier Antarctic expeditions
- ISBN10 0340846453
- ISBN13 9780340846452
- Publish Date 3 May 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 July 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Murray Press
- Imprint John Murray Learning
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 96
- Language English