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    Reference 3796 (2370)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Thomson, John
    Title SHACKLETON'S CAPTAIN: A BIOGRAPHY OF FRANK WORSLEY.
    Publishing Information New York, U.S.A: Mosaic Publications, 1999. 0889626782
    Description 1st US Edition: 208 pages, illustrated with b/w photographs, maps. Pictorial softback. Previous owners neat dated signature on half title otherwise contents clean, appears unread. Frank Worsley was the captain of the ship Endurance, and played a huge role in saving all hands during the 1915 Exploration of Antarctica. This first ever biography of Worsley tells the full story of his extraordinary life, from childhood in Akaroa, New Zealand, his apprenticeship at sea and the devolpment of his remarkable skills as navigator and sailing master. It also backgrounds the particular friendship that fourished betweeen Worsley and Shackleton. In an age of mass communications, Frank Worsley would have been as public a figure as famous as Sir Edmund Hillary. This biography gives an unhallowed yet eminent New Zealander his proper place in history.
    Price £30.00
    Keywords Shackleton, 1914, Polar, expedition, Endurance S1-Ant
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