The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
- ISBN-10
- 0143038516
- ISBN-13
- 9780143038511
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 366
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-03-27
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Kelly Tyler-Lewis
Description
An account of the support group that was dispatched to an opposing side of the continent to assist Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914 historical crossing of the Antarctic describes how the Ross Sea ship was lost in a gale, stranding ten men marooned without supplies or a hope of rescue. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.
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