So for those who don’t know, Shackleton’s Journey tells the true story of Ernest Shackleton and his ill fated attempt to cross the vast south polar continent, Antarctica. This is most certainly a keeper for the bookshelf. In the centre is a gorgeous embossed compass style illustration containing many of the main features of this story. It oozes the cold desolate feel of the Antartic, with a clean white cover. it is another one of those gorgeously presented books, before you even open it, it has a feel of timeless quality. Clearly this was a book not to be missed.
Their publications seem to have a certain style and quality that is quite individual to them that I’ve become a bit of a fan. I am also quite a fan of Flying Eye books. When I heard Shackleton’s Journey by William Grill was the 2015 winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, I knew immediately that it must be something quite special. It’s truly amazing what humans and animals can do when really put to the test. I love the adventure, the fear, the instinct to survive and overcoming adversity, be it alone or with the help of others. I have been a big reader of true life survival stories, historical and modern for many years. Those planning to attend are asked how many copies of the book they would be interested in buying in order to ensure that sufficient stock is available.As it’s Non-fiction November, what a better way to celebrate than to review a second non-fiction book!
#ERNEST SHACKLETON ENDURANCE BOOK SKIPS PAGES FREE#
Free preferential booking is now open for Members, Non-Members, and SUT Member guests (£30). The SUT AGM will be held on the evening of 6 December at the Institute of Physics, in London.
It also includes numerous photos from the original expedition in 1914-17, as well as from the wreck on the seafloor.” “As one of the world’s foremost experts on the ‘ Endurance’ his book includes previously untold stories of Shackleton’s epic survival and fascinating details about his iconic ship. As with Shackleton, Bound too experienced failure and despair, and at time his own ship was on the cusp of being frozen in ice, much like Endurance. “In the book he gives a blow-by-blow account of the two dramatic expeditions, the Weddell Sea Expedition and Encurance22, to find ‘ Endurance’. We are honoured that Mensun will be joining us on 6 December. This was over a hundred years after she sank 3,000 metres down in the Weddell Sea in what Shackleton himself called ‘the most hostile sea on earth’. Moya Crawford explained: “The timing of the publication of ‘ The Ship Beneath the Ice’ is fortuitous and there could be no better speaker than Mensun Bound to describe the role that subsea engineering and specialist services played in discovering Endurance in March this year.
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