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Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition is the story of Ernest Shackleton's epic journey toward the South Pole. 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 members of the expedition the first to climb the active volcano Mount Erebus and the first to reach the South Magnetic Pole, but Shackleton himself led a party of four that trudged hundreds of miles across uncharted wastelands and up to the terrible Antarctic Plateau to plant the Union Jack only ninety-seven miles from the South Pole itself. Based on extensive research and first-hand accounts Riffenburgh makes the expedition vivid while providing fascinating insight into the age of British exploration and Empire. Beau Riffenburgh is a historian specializing in exploration. A native of California, he earned his doctorate at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, where he is currently the editor of Polar Record. He is the author of the critically praised The Myth of the Explorer and editor of the Encyclopedia of the Antarctic. A Selection of the History Book Club "Riffenburgh's perceptive book blends first-hand accounts with original research and a fast-paced narrative, providing a cracking adventure."-The Times Literary Supplement UK "A masterful balance of true drama and first-rate scholarship. The narrative moves with the speed of a novel, while the author's unerring eye for historical detail captures the essence of polar exploration and explorers and locates Shackleton and his men in the grand scheme of empire."-Sir Ranulph Fiennes Also available: HC 1-58234-488-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-58234-488-1 $25.95 Riveting...for those who thrilled to the Endurance saga, Riffenburgh offers an equally gripping adventure.-Publishers Weekly
Detailed account of Shackleton's second trip to Antarctica. Provides a good overview of the politics and personalities of early 20th century exploration, and illuminates Shackleton's far less known, but far more productive, 1907-1909 trip to the frozen continent. ( )
Excellent, readable, written by a historian, gave me much more insight into Shakleton and the 1908 expedition. I was very impressed by the way Mr Riffenburgh sets the scene and gives the reader the cultural background that shaped the thinking and attitudes of the men and the expedition. Too many modern writers damn Anarctic explorers for not knowing things that hadn't been discovered and for not having attitudes that coincide with the author's. This book is not one of those - here we get a good look at what it was like then and at the remarkable achievements of the expedition. Not only did they pioneer travel on the Antarctic plateau, they achieved remarkable scientific work and, as noted in the epilogue, laid the groundwork for the future of Antarctic science especially through the work of such people as David, Mawson and Priestly. Highly recommended. ( )
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To my wife, Liz, who has been an inspiration for this book and so much else
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PROLOGUE He saw nothing.
One can only assume that most of the inhabitants of Cape Royds had an unusual combination of ebullience and trepidation that night in February 1908.
PREFACE In recent years, the fame of Ernest Shackleton has spread beyond the relatively small community of polar scholars and enthusiasts, and he has captivated the imagination of a world-wide audience.
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When, having reunited so briefly, the men of the British Antarctic Expedition left the palace that afternoon, no such gathering among them would ever occur again.
In writing of passing that farthest south, attained three years earlier with such toil, determination, faith and resolve, Roald Amundsen remembered: We did not pass that spot without according our highest tribute of admiration to the man, who - together with his valiant companions - had planted his country's flag so infinitely nearer to the goal than any of his precursors. Sir Ernest Shackleton's name will always be written in the annals of Antarctic exploration in letters of fire.
Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition is the story of Ernest Shackleton's epic journey toward the South Pole. 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 members of the expedition the first to climb the active volcano Mount Erebus and the first to reach the South Magnetic Pole, but Shackleton himself led a party of four that trudged hundreds of miles across uncharted wastelands and up to the terrible Antarctic Plateau to plant the Union Jack only ninety-seven miles from the South Pole itself. Based on extensive research and first-hand accounts Riffenburgh makes the expedition vivid while providing fascinating insight into the age of British exploration and Empire. Beau Riffenburgh is a historian specializing in exploration. A native of California, he earned his doctorate at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, where he is currently the editor of Polar Record. He is the author of the critically praised The Myth of the Explorer and editor of the Encyclopedia of the Antarctic. A Selection of the History Book Club "Riffenburgh's perceptive book blends first-hand accounts with original research and a fast-paced narrative, providing a cracking adventure."-The Times Literary Supplement UK "A masterful balance of true drama and first-rate scholarship. The narrative moves with the speed of a novel, while the author's unerring eye for historical detail captures the essence of polar exploration and explorers and locates Shackleton and his men in the grand scheme of empire."-Sir Ranulph Fiennes Also available: HC 1-58234-488-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-58234-488-1 $25.95 Riveting...for those who thrilled to the Endurance saga, Riffenburgh offers an equally gripping adventure.-Publishers Weekly
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