Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the EnduranceDescribes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land. |
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