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The lost men : the harrowing saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea party / Kelly Tyler-Lewis.

Nā: Momo rauemi: TextTextKaiwhakaputa:New York : Viking, 2006.Whakaahuatanga: 366 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0670034126
  • 0747584141
  • 9780670034123 :
  • 0670034126
Ngā marau: DDC classification:
  • 919.8904 22
Summary: Many books tell the story of Ernest Shackleton's 1914 expedition across the Antarctic aboard the Endurance. Tyler-Lewis focuses on his supply team, the Ross Sea party, whom Shackleton sent to the opposite side of the continent to support his crossing with food and fuel. While Shackleton traveled south, the Ross party were to sail aboard the Aurora into the Ross Sea and set up supplies for Shackleton every 60 miles. But the Aurora was torn from its moorings in a storm and washed out to sea, leaving 10 men stranded on the shore. They were finally rescued after two years. Tyler-Lewis writes that in the face of catastrophe they persevered, and contrary to the very instinct of survival, with most of their clothing, food, and equipment gone, the stranded men chose to risk their lives, marching 1,300 miles to build a lifeline of depots for Shackleton's party. Tyler-Lewis, a historian, located the diaries and logs of 16 survivors. She also found public records and private papers and interviewed the families of the Ross Sea party members.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-351) and index.

Many books tell the story of Ernest Shackleton's 1914 expedition across the Antarctic aboard the Endurance. Tyler-Lewis focuses on his supply team, the Ross Sea party, whom Shackleton sent to the opposite side of the continent to support his crossing with food and fuel. While Shackleton traveled south, the Ross party were to sail aboard the Aurora into the Ross Sea and set up supplies for Shackleton every 60 miles. But the Aurora was torn from its moorings in a storm and washed out to sea, leaving 10 men stranded on the shore. They were finally rescued after two years. Tyler-Lewis writes that in the face of catastrophe they persevered, and contrary to the very instinct of survival, with most of their clothing, food, and equipment gone, the stranded men chose to risk their lives, marching 1,300 miles to build a lifeline of depots for Shackleton's party. Tyler-Lewis, a historian, located the diaries and logs of 16 survivors. She also found public records and private papers and interviewed the families of the Ross Sea party members.

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