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The dramatic story of the great explorer Shackleton's first Antarctic adventure - the vital prequel to the Endurance expedition The dramatic story of the great explorer Shackleton's first Antarctic adventure - the vital prequel to the Endurance expedition

Zusatztext 'Riffenburgh's perceptive book Nimrod blends first-hand accounts with original research and a fast-paced narrative! providing a cracking adventure' Informationen zum Autor Beau Riffenburgh is an historian specialising in exploration! particularly that of the Antarctic! Arctic and Africa. Born in California! he earned his doctorate at Cambridge University! following which he joined the staff at the Scott Polar Research Institute! where he is the editor of Polar Record . He is the author of the highly regarded The Myth of the Explorer and is currently serving as Editor of The Encyclopedia of the Antarctic. He is currently working on a book about Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition. The dramatic story of the great explorer Shackleton's first Antarctic adventure - the vital prequel to the Endurance expedition Zusammenfassung The dramatic story of the great explorer Shackleton's first Antarctic adventure - the vital prequel to the Endurance expedition

Vorwort
The dramatic story of the great explorer Shackleton's first Antarctic adventure - the vital prequel to the Endurance expedition

Autorentext
Beau Riffenburgh is an historian specialising in exploration, particularly that of the Antarctic, Arctic and Africa. Born in California, he earned his doctorate at Cambridge University, following which he joined the staff at the Scott Polar Research Institute, where he is the editor of Polar Record. He is the author of the highly regarded The Myth of the Explorer and is currently serving as Editor of The Encyclopedia of the Antarctic. He is currently working on a book about Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition.

Klappentext
An account of Shackleton's 1907-09 expedition to the Antartic, in which he showed the courage as a leader that he would need on the "Endurance" expedition. Based on first hand accounts, some previously unstudied.

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