Earnest Shackleton and his men have already endured tedium and hardship in their now-failed voyage in the Antarctic. Now they must brace themselves as the ice melts. What follows is a truly thrilling story of survival.

Sources:

"The Endurance" by Caroline Alexander. ISBN: 978-0375404030

"South" by Earnest Shackleton. ISBN: 1530876214

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