LOST MEN (SHACKLETONS ROSS SEA PARTY) (PB)

An essential addition to Antarctic exploration's literature and history and a must-read for anyone interested in the stories of Scott and Shackleton, this is the harrowing story of Shackleton's 1914 Ross Sea Party and the fate of the men aboard The Aurora. Shackleton sailed into the Weddell Sea aboard the Endurance, while the Aurora sailed into the Ross Sea to create a lifeline of vital food and fuel depots to supply the epic crossing, but all went tragically wrong when the Aurora broke free of her moorings in an Antarctic gale and stranded ten men ashore. Left with little more than the clothing on their backs and scavenged equipment, the men vowed to carry on in the face of impossible odds while the rest of the crew, cast adrift at the mercy of the elements, battled for survival. The lost men struggled to save themselves and carry out their mission with little hope of rescue.