This gripping story of one of the world's foremost polar explorers, told through brilliant photography, compelling text, and quotes from Ernest Shackleton is an inspiring tale of the triumph of the human spirit in the face of adversity. On January 8, 1925, Shackleton led a group of 27 men in an attempt to be the first people ever to walk across the vast Antarctic interior. Along the way, his ship, the Endurance, became frozen in thick ice in the middle of the Weddell Sea, where it was stuck for ten months before disintegrating under the pressure of the crushing ice. Shackleton and his men then embarked on a desperate journey to save themselves, crossing the frozen sea, reaching a desolate island near open water, and then successfully completing a nearly impossible crossing of the Drake Passage in an open lifeboat before safely arriving at a whaling outpost. At the end of his two-year ordeal, Shackleton had not lost a man.

• Ages 8 and up
• 64 pages
• 9 1/8'' x 10 7/8''
• Hardcover
• © 1999