South! The Story of Shackleton\'s Last Expedition 1914-1917, Paperback/Ernest Shackleton - Benediction Classics

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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE, was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. (FULLY ILLUSTRATED).
This edition covers Shackleton\'s final, and most dramatic Antarctic expedition, and contains 95 original black and white illustrations.
For this achievement, Shackleton was knighted by King Edward VII on his return home.
In January 1909 he and three companions made a southern march which established a record Farthest South latitude at 8823\'S, 97 geographical miles (114 statute miles, 190 km) from the South Pole, by far the closest convergence in exploration hiStory up to that time.
Determined to make amends for this perceived personal failure, he returned to Antarctica in 1907 as leader of the Nimrod Expedition.
His first experience of the polar regions was as third officer on Captain Scott\'s Discovery Expedition, 1901-04, from which he was sent home early on health grounds.
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE, was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration