McCurdy, Michael.

Trapped by the ice! : Shackleton's amazing Antarctic adventure / Michael McCurdy. - New York : Walker and Co., 1997. - 41 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 x 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 41) and index.

Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, the expedition ship, the Endurance, was finally crushed and Shackleton and his men made the very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.

0802784380 (hardcover) 0802784399 (reinforced)

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Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 --Journeys--Juvenile literature.
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 --Journeys.


Endurance (Ship)--Juvenile literature.
Endurance (Ship).


Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) --Juvenile literature.
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917).

G850 1914 .S53 / M33 1997

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