South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-19171999

" ... [Ernest Shackleton's account of] his Antarctic expedtion in which his ship, the Endurance, was crushed by the ice, and he and his men made a 600-mile trek to reach solid land. They then embarked on a 700-mile journey in an open boat to South Georgia followed by an epic crossing of the uncharted mountains of that island ..."--Publisher description.