Polar Books Catalogue
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Sections : Antarctic; Arctic; Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society; Maps; Miscellaneous; Mountaineering; General Polar; Scott; Other travel; Whaling;
Reference 3124 (1528) Category Antarctic; Author Worsley, Commander Frank Title ENDURANCE: AN EPIC OF POLAR ADVENTURE. Publishing Information London: Geoffrey Bles,1939. Description Geoffrey Bles 1939 issue; xii, 316pages, 18 photos. Blue hardcovers with silver titling to spine in photocopied dust jacket. (The original publication was in 1931 and is very rare). Shelfware, top and bottom of pine softening, sunned. Spotting, mainly pages edges. Text block cracking in a couple of places but still intact. Contents clean. The author was in the Endurance with Shackleton on his Antarctic Expedition.A telling of the great adventure by a member of the party. When the ship 'Endurance' is beset in the Antarctic pack ice, Shackleton leads his party to Elephant Island and from there sails to South Georgia, crosses it on foot (climbing mountains on the way) to seek rescue for the remaining party. Worsley made the voyage in the James Caird. Price £150.00 Keywords Endurance, Shackleton, South, polar S1-Ant ISBN Add this to your basket