| Description |
134 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm |
| Audience |
1090L Lexile |
| Note |
1090L Lexile |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader MG 7.3 6 25962 |
| Note |
Accelerated Reader MG 7.3 6 25962 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-130) and index. |
| Contents |
Just imagine -- Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition -- Growlers -- Fist of the Antarctic -- Winter on the pack -- Pressure -- Face of the deep is frozen -- Ocean camp -- Mutiny -- Patience, patience, patience -- Into the boats -- Escape from the ice -- Passage to Elephant Island -- Dry land -- Open boat journey: First ten days -- End of the open boat journey -- Cave -- Alps of the southern ocean -- Camp Wild -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
"Describes 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." |
| Subject |
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922.
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Endurance (Ship)
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Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917)
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Shipwrecks -- Juvenile literature.
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Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1917.
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South Pole.
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Antarctica -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre |
Juvenile works.
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| ISBN |
9780375810497 (pbk.) |
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0375810498 (pbk.) |
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9780517800133 (trade) |
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0517800136 (trade) |
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9780517800140 (lib. bdg.) |
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0517800144 (lib. bdg.) |
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