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Endurance - The True Story of Shackleton's Incredible Voyage to the Antartic PLUS Shackleton's Way written by Alfred Lansing performed by Tim Pigott-Smith on Audio CD (Abridged)

Endurance - The True Story of Shackleton's Incredible Voyage to the Antartic PLUS Shackleton's Way written by Alfred Lansing performed by Tim Pigott-Smith on Audio CD (Abridged)£29.99

In August 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. The object of the expedition was to cross the Antarctic overland. In October 1915, still half a continent away from their intended base, the ship was first trapped, and then crushed, in ice. For five months, Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways in one of the most savage regions of the world.

Scott and Amundsen - Their Race to the South Pole written by Roland Huntford performed by Tim Pigott-Smith on CD (Abridged)

Scott and Amundsen - Their Race to the South Pole written by Roland Huntford performed by Tim Pigott-Smith on CD (Abridged)
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ISBN:  9781904605904
Genre - Main:  Non-Fiction
Genre - Specific:  History
Duration:  450 mins
Length:  Abridged
Author:  Roland Huntford
Performer 1:  Tim Pigott-Smith

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At the beginning of the twentieth century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the modern age of exploration. In this brilliant dual biography every detail of the great race to the South Pole during 1911-1912, between Britain's Robert Scott and Norway's Roald Amundsen, is examined and re-assessed.

Scott, who died along with four of his men, became Britain's beloved failure, whilst Amundsen, who not only beat Scott to the Pole but returned alive, was until recently largely forgotten. In this fully revised and meticulously researched work, Roland Huntford gives a fascinating account of the realities which faced both men. He describes the driving ambition of the era and the complex, often deeply flawed individuals who were charged with carrying them out.

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