Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir

South

The Illustrated Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917
Fotograf: Hurley, Frank

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

South, now in paperback to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the original publication and including images discovered in Antarctica in 2013!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 204mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 1202g
• ISBN-13: 9780760364826
• ISBN-10: 0760364826
• Artikelnr.: 53213012

Autorenporträt

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was born in Ireland in 1874 and raised mostly in London. He led three expeditions to the Antarctic. He died of a heart attack in 1922 while setting out on his fourth expedition. Frank Hurley (1885–1962) was a native Australian who served as a photographer on several Antarctic expeditions with Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton. He also worked as a war photographer with the Australian military forces during both World Wars. He was the official photographer on Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition and was known for his pioneering use of the early Paget color photography process.

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE
CHAPTER I INTO THE WEDDELL SEA
CHAPTER II NEW LAND
CHAPTER III WINTER MONTHS
CHAPTER I V LOSS OF THE ENDURANCE
CHAPTER V OCEAN CAMP
CHAPTER V I THE MARCH BETWEEN
CHAPTER V II PATIENCE CAMP
CHAPTER V III ESCAPE FROM THE ICE
CHAPTER IX THE BOAT JOURNEY
CHAPTER X ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA
CHAPTER X I THE RESCUE
CHAPTER X II ELEPHANT ISLAND
CHAPTER X III THE ROSS SEA PARTY
CHAPTER XIV WINTERING IN McMURDO SOUND
CHAPTER XV LAYING THE DEPOTS
CHAPTER XVI THE AURORA’S DRIFT
CHAPTER XVII THE LAST RELIEF .
CHAPTER XVIII THE FINAL PHASE
 
APPENDIX I
SCIENTIFIC WORK
SEA-ICE NOMENCLATURE
METEOROLOGY
PHYSICS
SOUTH ATLANTIC WHALES AND WHALING
 
APPENDIX II
THE EXPEDITION HUTS AT McMURDO SOUND
IMAGE CREDITS
INDEX