Armstrong, Jennifer,  1961- <br/><br/>
Shipwreck at the bottom of the world :  the extraordinary true story of Shackleton and the Endurance / 
Jennifer Armstrong ; [photographs courtesy of the Scott Polar Research Institute ; maps by Kayley LeFaiver]. 
 - 1st paperback. ed. 
 - New York :  Crown,  2000, c1998. 
 - 134 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-130) and index. 
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<br/><br/> Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey to reach inhabited land. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0375810498 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir,  1874-1922. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Endurance (Ship)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Meeting Names: </label><br/>Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Antarctica--Exploration.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>G850 1914 .S53  / A76 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>919.8/904