Track | Section | Reader | Length |
01 | 00 - Preface | Gesine | 22:23 |
02 | 01 - Chapter I: Into the Wedell Sea part 1 | Sibella Denton | 21:35 |
03 | 02 - Chapter I: Into the Wedell Sea part 2 | Sibella Denton | 22:45 |
04 | 03 - Chapter II: New Land part 1 | Esther | 26:00 |
05 | 04 - Chapter II: New Land part 2 | Esther | 25:05 |
06 | 05 - Chapter III: Winter Months part 1 | J.M. Smallheer | 29:26 |
07 | 06 - Chapter III: Winter Months part 2 | J.M. Smallheer | 28:07 |
08 | 07 - Chapter IV: Loss of the Endurance part 1 | Lizzie Driver | 31:40 |
09 | 08 - Chapter IV: Loss of the Endurance part 2 | Lizzie Driver | 30:00 |
10 | 09 - Chapter V: Ocean Camp | David Barnes | 38:57 |
11 | 10 - Chapter VI: The March Between | Gesine | 11:41 |
12 | 11 - Chapter VII: Patience Camp | Laura Caldwell | 23:40 |
13 | 12 - Chapter VIII: Escape from the Ice part 1 | Lizzie Driver | 26:42 |
14 | 13 - Chapter VIII: Escape from the Ice part 2 | Lizzie Driver | 27:08 |
15 | 14 - Chapter VIII: Escape from the Ice part 3 | Lizzie Driver | 22:52 |
16 | 15 - Chapter VIII: Escape from the Ice part 4 | Lizzie Driver | 23:26 |
17 | 16 - Chapter IX: The Boat Journey part 1 | Sibella Denton | 22:11 |
18 | 17 - Chapter IX: The Boat Journey part 2 | Sibella Denton | 24:59 |
19 | 18 - Chapter IX: The Boat Journey part 3 | Sibella Denton | 23:47 |
20 | 19 - Chapter IX: The Boat Journey part 4 | Sibella Denton | 20:52 |
21 | 20 - Chapter X: Across South Georgia | Anna Simon | 27:29 |
22 | 21 - Chapter XI: The Rescue | Anna Simon | 28:31 |
23 | 22 - Chapter XII: Elephant Island part 1 | Cori Samuel | 21:50 |
24 | 23 - Chapter XII: Elephant Island part 2 | Cori Samuel | 22:12 |
25 | 24 - Chapter XIII: The Ross Sea Party part 1 | Gesine | 25:01 |
26 | 25 - Chapter XIII: The Ross Sea Party part 2 | Gesine | 34:59 |
27 | 26 - Chapter XIV: Wintering in McMurdo Sound | Lizzie Driver | 32:17 |
28 | 27 - Chapter XV: Laying the Depots part 1 | Sibella Denton | 34:32 |
29 | 28 - Chapter XV: Laying the Depots part 2 | Sibella Denton | 35:18 |
30 | 29 - Chapter XVI: The Aurora's Drift part 1 | Anna Simon | 35:08 |
31 | 30 - Chapter XVI: The Aurora's Drift part 2 | Anna Simon | 35:26 |
32 | 31 - Chapter XVII: The Last Relief | Gesine | 8:52 |
33 | 32 - Chapter XVIII: The Final Phase | Gesine | 7:59 |
34 | 33 - Appendix I part 1 | J.M. Smallheer | 35:27 |
35 | 34 - Appendix I part 2 | J.M. Smallheer | 26:15 |
36 | 35 - Appendix II | Sibella Denton | 8:15 |
37 | 36 - Recording by Shackleton: My South Polar Expedition | Sir Ernest Shackleton | 3:49 |
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Book Coordinator: Gesine
Meta Coordinator: Gesine
Artwork
Cover: Photograph showing glimpse of the ship "Endurance", the Shackleton Expedition, by Frank Hurley
Inset: The 'Endurance' under full sail, held up in the Weddell Sea, 1915, by Frank Hurley
Inset: Photo of explorer Ernest Shackleton, July 15, 1916
Insert: The ‘Endurance’ under full sail, held up in the Weddell Sea, 1915, by Frank Hurley
Label: The 'Endurance' frozen in 76-35 South, 1915,by Frank Hurley, State Library of New South Wales collection
The race to reach the South Pole was won by Norwegian Roald Amundsen in 1911 after two British expeditions, including Sir Ernest Shackleton, set records but failed to reach the pole. Shackleton then resolved to cross the Antarctic continent from sea to sea and set off with a crew of 28 in 1914. South: The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition 1914-1917 is the first hand narrative chronicling the events of one of the most harrowing struggles for survival ever recorded. Disaster struck almost immediately upon entering the Wedell Sea when their ship, Endurance, was trapped in pack ice and slowly crushed. The group camped on the ice for over 16 months until the ship fell apart and the ice floe broke. They then set off in three lifeboats for a 346-mile journey to Elephant Island. Reaching land after five days but with discovery and rescue highly unlikely, Shackleton set off with five others for South Georgia Island, 720 nautical miles distant. After two weeks they battled hurricane winds to land on the unoccupied southern shore of the island, and then trekked 32 miles in 36 hours over dangerous mountain terrain to reach the whaling station.He commissioned a Chilean seagoing tug and a British whaler to return to Elephant Island to rescue the remaining 22 crew members. While the expedition failed its objective, it yielded an astonishing account of gigantic waves, roiling seas, mountainous glaciers, brutal cold and endless ice miraculously overcome by strength of will, immense courage and the amazing power of human endurance.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0701236969672 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0682550992853 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD Case |
Author | Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (February 15, 1874 – January 5, 1922) |
Year | 1916 |
Recording | |
Read by | Multiple readers |
Length | 15 hours and 27 minutes |
Type of Reading | Collaborative |
South: The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition 1914-1917
- Author: Sir Ernest Shackleton
- Product Code: DB-1247
- Availability: In Stock
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