Shackleton's Boat Journey

This is the classic account of Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914-16 Antarctic expedition. Written by the Captain of the Endurance, the ship used by Shackleton on this ill-fated journey, it is a remarkable tale of courage and bravery in the face of extreme odds and a vivid portrait of one of the world's greatest explorers. First trapped then crushed by ice on her way south, the Endurance drifted in an ice flow for five months. After reaching the uninhabited Elephant Island, Shackleton, Worsley and four others set off in a small boat on the 800-mile journey to South Georgia. They then made the first crossing of the island to the whaling station at Grytviken. It is testament to Shackleton's indomitable spirit that during the whole expedition not one man was lost.