The Endurance: Shackleton's Perilous Expedition in Antarctica

by M.P. Robertson and Meredith Hooper

Intrigued by the mysterious, vast continent at the bottom of the world, Sir Ernest Shackleton fearlessly led 27 men to explore Antarctica--but on their way to its shore, their ship Endurance was crushed by the relentless ice! The shipwrecked team braved many months stranded on an ice floe (through an Antarctic winter), facing extreme hunger, frostbite, illness, and exhaustion. But through Shackleton's heroic effort to sail in an open wooden lifeboat...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789207044
• ISBN13: 9780789207043
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Abbeville Kids
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 11.0" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5