South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-17 [Paperback]

Ernest Shackleton (Author), Ernest Henry (Author), Peter King (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1999

This annotated edition of Shackleton's legendary, ill-fated Antarctic expedition features highly revealing side notes to the explorer's vivid narrative as well as dramatic archival photographs.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Ernest Shackleton famously wrote about his expedition to Antarctica from 1914 to 1917.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books (February 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570761310
• ISBN-13: 978-1570761317
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,035,663 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #29 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( S ) > Shackleton, Ernest

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Literally Chilling!, March 14, 2001

By 

Patrick Woosley (San Antonio, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-17 (Paperback)

My good friend Antonia Martin just gave me this book for my birthday. Antonia, you are an absolute Treasure!

I have become fascinated with the Shackleton story, not only for the awesome testament to dogged determination to succeed in the face of seemingly daunting odds that it is, but because apparently my Grandfather knew him quite well and worked on the planning of the journey back in London. Somewhere we have a signed original of the book from 1919 amongst Mother's belongings, back in England.

This is a bone chilling visual and literary step by aching step trudge through the most inhospitable place on Earth. As the Endurance, their ship, died so their own endurance was born. And what an endurance that was!

As my eyes wander the pages in the warm comfort of bed my mind is wind-whipped by the Antarctic blasts Shackleton and his team ultimately survived! It is quite simply one of the most amazing stories it has ever been my pleasure to absorb. I am in awe of the achievement described and pictured in this book.

Everybody should read it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book with pictures, January 11, 2007

By 

Edward Davey "decembereveryday" - See all my reviews

This review is from: South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-17 (Paperback)

I'm rather obsessed with Antarctic exploration at the moment, and reading material is harder to come by than I had first anticipated. This book has many good pictures and lots of diary entries, etc, from Shakleton and others. Well worth it.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars interesting at times, but the writing is lacking, January 17, 2010

By 

Eugenia A. Van Bremen "avid reader" (nyc, ny) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-17 (Paperback)

I think I've been spoilt by reading dramatic non-fiction like Capote's In Cold Blood. This book came across as very dry to me. There was some good writing, but much of it was tedious, as parts were a day-to-day chronicle of Shackleton's expedition in the South. Interesting, from a historical perspective, but it gives the book a strung-together-with-pedantic-filler feeling.

The description of the book that I read implied that there would be more discussion as to exactly why the expedition had problems. Although many of those issues are mentioned, it wasn't as in depth as I expected. Perhaps the historical documentation used to fill the book out wasn't as rich as the author originally anticipated. Whatever happened, the result is a book that feels choppy and stilted in too many places.

There were some excellent pictures, and parts of the book were briefly exciting, but it was an uninspiring read overall.