![]() ![]() 'For thrill-seeking middle school students who love nonfiction adventure stories.the adventures of Scott and his crew don't disappoint. It is ideal for making young readers aware of the pleasures of long-form non-fiction books. New Zealand Review of BooksĪmundsen's Way is a thoroughly enjoyable and readable story about some very brave people coping with horrific challenges. ![]() While the extensive research underpinning the book is apparent, it is the narrative voice that carries us forward. Joanna Grochowicz's narrative non-fiction brings to life characters and events without skimping on historical fact. Praise for AMUNDSEN'S WAY & INTO THE WHITE 'An incredible true story brought to life in a highly readable style.'- Michael Smith, author of Shackleton: By Endurance We Conquer Their aim is to make it home against tremendous odds, with only lifeboats to cross the heavy seas of the South Atlantic - and the life-saving power of Shackleton's extraordinary leadership skills. What makes this book especially exciting. Worsley instead goes through the rescue of the remaining members of. With an introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick, Endurance is the definitive account of Ernest Shackletons fateful trip. The Endurance: Shackletons Legendary Antarctic Expedition Caroline Alexander. To survive, Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven men must undertake a trial even more extreme than their planned crossing of the frozen continent. A nice feature that makes this a great companion to Lansing's book is that Lansing's book ends abruptly when Shackleton and Worsley show up at South Georgia Island, scaring the living tar out of the Viking whalers that long thought the Endurance to be lost with all hands. with a crew of men aboard the ship Endurance on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition. In January 1915, his ship, the Endurance, becomes locked in pack ice. Endurance: Shackletons Incredible Voyage. Astronaut Mark Kelley recommended Alfred Lansing’s Endurance (1959) as a book to read to help get through the coronavirus shelter-in-place conditions (Time Magazine, May 2020. In August 1914, Ernest Shackleton and his men set sail for Antarctica, where they plan to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. Adrift on the Antarctic pack ice with no means of escape and no hope of rescue, Ernest Shackleton and his men are surely doomed. ![]()
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