Frank A. Worsley was the captain of the H.M.S. Endurance, the ship used by the legendary explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton in his 1914-16 expedition to the Antarctic. On its way to the Antarctic continent the Endurance became trapped and then crushed by ice, and the ship's party of twenty-eight drifted on an ice floe for five months. Finally reaching an uninhabited island, Shackleton, Worsley, and four others sailed eight hundred miles in a small boat to the island of South Georgia, an astounding feat of navigation and courage. All hands survived this ill-fated expedition; as Worsley writes, "By self-sacrifice and throwing his own life into the balance, [Shackleton
| Autorius: | Frank Arthur Worsley |
| Leidėjas: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Išleidimo metai: | 1998 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 224 |
| ISBN-10: | 0393318648 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780393318647 |
| Formatas: | Knyga minkštu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
| Žanras: | History of other geographical groupings and regions or specific cultures / societies / groups / peoples |
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