Shackleton The Antarctic Challenge

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Published by the National Geographic Society, Washington, 1999, 1st US Edition, D/w, Fine.   This lavish, well illustrated biography of Shackleton tells the full account of the man, his life, and his four journeys to the Antarctic, including with Scott on the Discovery Expedition in 1901-4 and the famous Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition on the Endurance in 1914-17.  He died in 1922 off South Georgia following a heart attack while on the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition (sometimes referred to as the Quest Expedition). He is buried in Grytviken in South Georgia.  ‘His name is synonymous with leadership, perseverance and physical courage. This biography of Ernest Shackleton tells the full account.’