The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea PartyPenguin, 2007 M03 27 - 400 pages The untold story of the last odyssey of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 Antarctic endeavor is legend, but for sheer heroism and tragic nobility, nothing compares to the saga of the Ross Sea party. This crew of explorers landed on the opposite side of Antarctica from the Endurance with a mission to build supply depots for Shackleton’s planned crossing of the continent. But their ship disappeared in a gale, leaving ten inexperienced, ill-equipped men to trek 1,356 miles in the harshest environment on earth. Drawing on the men’s own journals and photographs, The Lost Men is a masterpiece of historical adventure, a book destined to be a classic in the vein of Into Thin Air. |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
That Restless Spirit | 9 |
The Imperial TransAntaretie Expedition | 19 |
Aurora | 34 |
Southing | 54 |
The Great Barrier | 69 |
Eighty Degrees South | 89 |
Hut Point | 101 |
Mount Hope | 163 |
Homeward Bound | 176 |
Some Way or Other Theyre Lost | 193 |
Drifting to God Knows Where | 198 |
Whereabouts Shackleton? | 211 |
Port Chalmers | 220 |
Rescue | 232 |
The Men That Dont Fit In | 244 |
An Ideal Place in a Blizzard | 112 |
Marooned | 128 |
Return to the Barrier | 145 |
The Brotherhood of Men Who know the South | 267 |
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The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party Kelly Tyler-Lewis Limited preview - 2007 |
The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party Kelly Tyler-Lewis Limited preview - 2007 |
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