This is the story of Shackleton's first polar expedition in solo charge, 1907-9. It is an account of his never-ending quest to reach the South Pole. Within ninety-seven miles of his goal, appalling weather forces him to abandon this expedition in a breathtaking race against time.
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The scientific results of the expedition cannot be stated in detail in a single volume. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
plum duff, old sledge tracks, ringed penguins, snouted glacier, pony maize, good hoosh, hard sastrugi, transcontinental party, alpine rope, snow lid, sledge meter, tide crack, hot hoosh, meteorological screen, crevassed ice, sledging rations, hard névé, strong blizzard, primus lamp, stranded bergs, depot flags, yards statute, penguin meat, sledging journeys, blue glacier ice Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hut Point, Cape Evans, Cape Royds, James Caird, New Zealand, Elephant Island, South Georgia, Ross Sea, Weddell Sea, Magnetic Pole, Stancomb Wills, Glacier Tongue, Drygalski Glacier, Dudley Docker, Captain Scott, Captain Evans, King Edward, Butter Point, Ocean Camp, Professor David, Christmas Day, Mount Erebus, Castle Rock, Nordenskjold Ice Barrier, Union Jack Browse Sample Pages:
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The scientific results of the expedition cannot be stated in detail in a single volume. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
plum duff, old sledge tracks, ringed penguins, snouted glacier, pony maize, good hoosh, hard sastrugi, transcontinental party, alpine rope, snow lid, sledge meter, tide crack, hot hoosh, meteorological screen, crevassed ice, sledging rations, hard névé, strong blizzard, primus lamp, stranded bergs, depot flags, yards statute, penguin meat, sledging journeys, blue glacier ice Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hut Point, Cape Evans, Cape Royds, James Caird, New Zealand, Elephant Island, South Georgia, Ross Sea, Weddell Sea, Magnetic Pole, Stancomb Wills, Glacier Tongue, Drygalski Glacier, Dudley Docker, Captain Scott, Captain Evans, King Edward, Butter Point, Ocean Camp, Professor David, Christmas Day, Mount Erebus, Castle Rock, Nordenskjold Ice Barrier, Union Jack Browse Sample Pages:
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