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Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition : The Voyage of the Nimrod
Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition The Voyage of the Nimrod Author:Beau Riffenburgh Much has been written about Shackelton's Antarctic expedition, during which his ship, Endurance, was trapped in the ice of the Weddell Sea and crushed, and about his open-boat journey to South Georgia, his crossing of that island's mountains, and the rescue of his men. What Riffenburgh believes were Shackelton's "most sig... more »nificant geographical accomplishments, greatest deeds, and most momentous decisions" were attained on the first expedition that he led--the British Antarctic Expedition of 1907-9, aboard Nimrod, a former whaler. The members of this expedition not only achieved remarkable scientific results but also became the first to climb Mount Erebus and first to reach the South Magnetic Pole. It was for these exploits that Shackleton was knighted and received his greatest acclaim during his lifetime. Riffenburgh's book is based on original sources-- diaries, journals, letters, and papers of the expedition's members--and is the first study of that expedition since Shackleton's account, The Heart of the Antarctic, published in 1909.« less