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    Reference 1073 (2556)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Shackleton, Ernest H
    Title THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC. 2 Volumes
    Publishing Information London: William Heinemann,1909.
    Description 1st Edition, 2 Volumes; Vol I, xlviii, 372 pages, illustrated, 112 pages of plates (6 in colour) plus 111 diagrams in text; Vol II, xvi, errata slip, 419 pages, 102 pages of plates (6 in colour), 38 diagrams in text; 1 folding page depicting 2 panoramas, 3 folding maps in rear pocket. Original covers lettered in silver with vignettes. All maps , illustrations as called for. Shelf wear, minor sunning to spines, very minor spotting, small neat previous booksellers stamp to front end paper both volumes, contents clean, a lovely copy. Shackleton first gained fame as a member of Scott's 1901 expedition, then in August 1907 he left London as commander of his own expedition, popularly known as the "Nimrod" Expedition and renowned "for having reached within 97 miles of the South Pole (almost four years before Amundsen and Scott achieved the Pole itself) This expedition established Shackleton as a bona-fide English hero," having discovered the Polar Plateau and accomplishing the first attainment of the Magnetic South Pole, as well as the first ascent of Mt. Erebus, fully outdistancing his predecessors to a degree unequalled in the history of polar exploration. ( Books on Ice 7.4) On Shackleton's return to England, he was knighted by Edward VII, who considered the expedition "the greatest geographical event of his reign" (Huntford, 298). Shackleton would later recall the expedition as "high adventure, strenuous days, lonely nights, unique experiences, and above all, records of unflinching determination, supreme loyalty, and the generous self-sacrifice on the part of my men" ( South ).
    Price £725.00
    Keywords Antarctic, expedition, Ross sea, Scott, polar, Nimrod, Swithinbank S1-Ant
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