South - Ernest Shackleton

Author : John Mackenna

Paperback

Published : Thursday 1 September 2016

ISBN : 9781911091035

Price : €7.01

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South - Ernest Shackleton

by John Mackenna

Paperback

01 Sep 2016

JUVENILE FICTION
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€7.01

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When his ship Endurance sinks in the icy Antarctic, Ernest Shackleton is left with the responsibility of getting his crew safely back home.

'At 5 o'clock on the evening of November 21st, after the ice had drawn back like pall bearers at a funeral, Endurance slipped lower in the water, her stern pointing skywards. We stood in silence while she said her last farewell. A cacophony of cracking timber and rushing water signalled her end and then she was silent, slipping into the watery grave. The bravest ship, she had struggled to the bitter end and now she was gone. Endurance - well named.'

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