South: The Illustrated Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917

Description: A coffee-table edition of Shackleton's "South", updated to include Frank Hurley's recently discovered photos, and modern images of the wildlife and goegraphy. Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was born in Ireland in 1874 and raised mostly in London. He led three expeditions to the Antarctic. He died of a heart attack in 1922 while setting out on his fourth expedition. Frank Hurley (1885-1962) was a native Australian who served as a photographer on several Antarctic expeditions with Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton. He also worked as a war photographer with the Australian military forces during both World Wars. He was the official photographer on Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition and was known for his pioneering use of the early Paget color photography process. PREFACE CHAPTER I INTO THE WEDDELL SEA CHAPTER II NEW LAND CHAPTER III WINTER MONTHS CHAPTER I V LOSS OF THE ENDURANCE CHAPTER V OCEAN CAMP CHAPTER V I THE MARCH BETWEEN CHAPTER V II PATIENCE CAMP CHAPTER V III ESCAPE FROM THE ICE CHAPTER IX THE BOAT JOURNEY CHAPTER X ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA CHAPTER X I THE RESCUE CHAPTER X II ELEPHANT ISLAND CHAPTER X III THE ROSS SEA PARTY CHAPTER XIV WINTERING IN McMURDO SOUND CHAPTER XV LAYING THE DEPOTS CHAPTER XVI THE AURORA'S DRIFT CHAPTER XVII THE LAST RELIEF . CHAPTER XVIII THE FINAL PHASE APPENDIX I SCIENTIFIC WORK SEA-ICE NOMENCLATURE METEOROLOGY PHYSICS SOUTH ATLANTIC WHALES AND WHALING APPENDIX II THE EXPEDITION HUTS AT McMURDO SOUND IMAGE CREDITS INDEX

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