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Armstrong, Jennifer.
Shipwreck at the bottom of the world :
the extraordinary true story of Shackleton and the Endurance /
Jennifer Armstrong.
First paperback edition.
New York :
Crown Publishers,
2000.
©1998.
134 pages :
illustrations, map ;
27 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and an index.
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.
Armstrong vividly describes how 28 men sailed from England in 1914 on the "Endurance" to become the first team of explorers to cross Antarctica. She continues the incredible story of their survival on the ship after encountering ice, storms, and remote islands.
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Shackleton, Ernest Henry
Sir
1874-1922
Juvenile literature.
Endurance (Ship)
Juvenile literature.
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
1914-1917
Juvenile literature.
Shipwrecks.
South Pole
Juvenile literature.
Antarctica
Juvenile literature.
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