Shackleton's journey /

By: Grill, William [author,, illustrator.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Flying Eye Books, [2014]Edition: Third editionDescription: 68 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 32 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781909263109; 1909263109Subject(s): Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 -- Travel -- Antarctica -- Juvenile literature | Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature | Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 | Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Discovery and exploration, British | Explorers | Travel | Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- British -- Juvenile literature | Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- British -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature | Antarctica | Great BritainGenre/Form: Biographies. | Juvenile works. | Pictorial works.
Contents:
Funding and Recruitment -- The Crew -- The Dogs -- Endurance -- Equipment and Supplies -- Setting Sail -- From England to South Georgia -- Expedition Map -- Into the Weddell Sea -- Pack Ice -- Endurance Stuck -- A Change of Plans -- Winter Months -- Isolation -- Pressure -- Endurance Lost -- Ocean Camp -- The March -- Patience Camp -- Escaping the Ice -- Sailing to Elephant Island -- Elephant Island -- Preparing the James Caird -- Sailing to South Georgia -- Meanwhile on Elephant Island -- Map of South Georgia -- Crossing South Georgia -- Stromness Whaling Station -- Rescue -- Departure -- The Ross Sea Party -- Home at Last -- Glossary.
Awards: AOI Illustration Award for Children's Books New Talent, 2014. | New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book Awards, 2014. | Kate Greenaway Medal Winner, 2015.Summary: Tells the story of the shipwreck of the Endurance in a sea of ice en route to Antarctica, and the survival of all 28 members of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton.
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Funding and Recruitment -- The Crew -- The Dogs -- Endurance -- Equipment and Supplies -- Setting Sail -- From England to South Georgia -- Expedition Map -- Into the Weddell Sea -- Pack Ice -- Endurance Stuck -- A Change of Plans -- Winter Months -- Isolation -- Pressure -- Endurance Lost -- Ocean Camp -- The March -- Patience Camp -- Escaping the Ice -- Sailing to Elephant Island -- Elephant Island -- Preparing the James Caird -- Sailing to South Georgia -- Meanwhile on Elephant Island -- Map of South Georgia -- Crossing South Georgia -- Stromness Whaling Station -- Rescue -- Departure -- The Ross Sea Party -- Home at Last -- Glossary.

Tells the story of the shipwreck of the Endurance in a sea of ice en route to Antarctica, and the survival of all 28 members of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton.

AOI Illustration Award for Children's Books New Talent, 2014.

New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book Awards, 2014.

Kate Greenaway Medal Winner, 2015.