Welcome back to our series on the libraries of famous men.. Part of explorer Ernest Shackleton’s genius for leadership, was how keenly he understood the way in which idleness can destroy men’s morale.Thus when his ship, the Endurance, became stuck in pack ice en route to a planned Antarctic expedition, he didn’t let his men simply sit on their hands. The astonishing saga of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's survival for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as Time magazine put it, "defined heroism." Learn more about Shackleton… Ernest Shackleton has 44 books on Goodreads with 22046 ratings. In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance became locked in an island of ice. Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who attempted to reach the South Pole. The harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole, one of the greatest adventure stories of the modern age.
His life shows how much force of character and determination can do. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. This is the second book of Roland Huntford's that I have read, and while he is quite irreverent, it is clear that he respects Sir Ernest Shackleton. Alfred Lansing's scrupulously researched and brilliantly narrated book - with over 200,000 copies sold - has long been acknowledged as the definitive account of the Endurance's fateful trip. Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was an Irish-born British explorer who was a principal figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Shackleton was one of the greatest polar explorers and leaders our world has ever known. Thus began the legendary ordeal of Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven men. Sir Ernest Shackleton, C.V.O. Welcome back to our series on the libraries of famous men.. Part of explorer Ernest Shackleton’s genius for leadership, was how keenly he understood the way in which idleness can destroy men’s morale.Thus when his ship, the Endurance, became stuck in pack ice en route to a planned Antarctic expedition, he didn’t let his men simply sit on their hands. Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE FRGS FRSGS (/ ˈ ʃ æ k ə l t ə n /; 15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. Explorer Ernest Henry Shackleton was born on February 15, 1874, in County Kildare, Ireland, to Anglo-Irish parents. Heinemann. Mit der Endurance ins ewige Eis: Die Antarktisexpedition 1914-1917 von Shackleton, Ernest und eine große Auswahl ähnlicher Bücher, Kunst und Sammlerstücke erhältlich auf ZVAB.com. 2 vols. (1874-1922) is regarded as perhaps the greatest of all Antarctic explorers.He was a member of Captain Scott's 1901-1903 expedition to the South Pole, and in 1907 led his own expedition on the whaler Nimrod, coming within ninety-seven miles of the South Pole, the feat for which he was knighted. It was published in London by William Heinemann in 1919. It is unfortunate that there is an illustration of the Endurance on the cover of this book which is about the earlier Nimrod Expedition. South is a book by Ernest Shackleton describing the second expedition to Antarctica led by him, the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914 to 1917.
He was perhaps best known for his 1914–16 expedition, in which his ship, Endurance, was crushed by pack ice and the crew endured months of hardship before being rescued. Background. Now available in One Volume Paperback published in UK by Robinson Publishing and US Carroll & Graff. ERNEST SHACKLETON (1909) Heart of the Antarctic.