Format:
Book
Author:
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody.
Title:
Ice story : Shackleton's lost expedition / Elizabeth Cody Kimmel.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Clarion Books, ©1999.
Description:
120 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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.
Subjects:
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 -- Juvenile literature.
Endurance (Ship) -- Juvenile literature.
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) -- Juvenile literature.
Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- British -- Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Biographies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 117) and index.
Accelerated Reader 7.8 4.0.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.8 4.0 30831.
Reading Counts RC 6-8 7.6 7 Quiz: 14312 Guided reading level: W.
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.
LCCN:
98029956
ISBN:
0395915244
9780395915240
Other Number:
39477773
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
1
Control Number:
67197
Call Number:
j 910.91673 Kimmel
Course Reserves:
0
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