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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

September 7, 2019 by KimMiE" 1 Comment

CBR11bingo: Travel BINGO: Pajiba, The Collection, Travel, Illustrated, Science On December 5, 1914, Ernest Shackleton and 27 other men sailed from South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean on the ship Endurance for what was to be known as the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Shackleton’s plan was to sail Endurance across the Weddell Sea and land on the Northwestern edge of Antarctica, at Vahsel Bay. From there, 6 men and 69 dogs would travel on foot the 1,800 miles to the Ross Sea, where another ship […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #shouldntbealive, Alfred Lansing, antarctica, cbr11bingo, Ernest Shackleton, nautical nonfiction, survival stories, travel

KimMiE"'s CBR11 Review No:39 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #shouldntbealive, Alfred Lansing, antarctica, cbr11bingo, Ernest Shackleton, nautical nonfiction, survival stories, travel ·
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