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A recounting of the amazing story of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the ploar explorer, and his ill-fated Antartic expedition on the ship Endurance. With a crew of twenty-seven men, Shackelton set out to cross Antarctica in 1914. A month and a half into the trip, the ship was crushed by pack ice. The men survived living on the ice, moving from ice floe to ice floe, and eventually setting sail across the treacherous Weddell Sea in lifeboats. They were finally saved when Shackleton and five others made it to an inhabited island in one of the lifeboats. They surrived the impossible time after time, due almost entirely to Shakleton's heroic and wise leadership. Ages 8-12
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