| Description |
120 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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age Children |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 117) and index. |
| Summary |
Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition, when the ship the Endurance was crushed in a frozen sea and the men made the perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land. |
| Contents |
Taste for adventure -- Under way at last -- Long, dark winter -- Ice tightens -- Plan for escape -- Farewell, endurance -- Life at ocean camp -- On the move -- "The worst sea in the world" -- Solid ground underfoot -- Crew divided -- Seaworthy Caird -- Life left behind -- South Georgia -- Across uncharted mountains -- Plan for rescue -- "Are you all well?" -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader 7.8 4.0. |
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Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.8 4.0 30831. |
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Reading Counts RC 6-8 7.6 7 Quiz: 14312 Guided reading level: W. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo. |
| Subject |
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 -- Juvenile literature.
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Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922. |
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Endurance (Ship) -- Juvenile literature.
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Endurance (Ship) |
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Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) -- Juvenile literature.
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Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) |
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Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- British -- Juvenile literature.
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Antarctica. |
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Discoveries in geography. |
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British. |
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Discoveries in geography -- British. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Juvenile works.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0395915244 |
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9780395915240 |
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