The amazing story of the 1st expedition Shackleton led to the South Pole -- the crucial prequel to the renowned Endurance expedition. On New Year's Day 1908, Shackleton, then a little-known adventurer, took his tiny ship, Nimrod, south to the mysteriousregions of the Antarctic. In the coming year, he would record the greatest achievements of his career and engage in his most daring adventures, returning home a hero. Lacking funds and plagued by hunger, cruel weather, and unpredictable terrain,Shackleton and his party accomplished some of the most remarkable feats in the history of exploration. Not only were they the first to climb the active volcano of Mount Erebus, but they trudged hundreds of miles across uncharted wastelands to be thefirst to plant the Union Jack at the South Pole. This book is the definitive account of the expedition. Using extensive research and firsthand accounts -- some previously unpublished - the author has written a vivid and gripping adventure while providingfascinating insight into the age of British exploration and empire

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