Armstrong, Jennifer, 1961-

Shipwreck at the bottom of the world : the extraordinary true story of Shackleton and the Endurance / Jennifer Armstrong. - 1st ed. - New York : Crown, c1998. - 134 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-130) and index.

Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.

ISBN: 0517800136 (trade) 0517800144 (lib. bdg.)

LCCN: 97052063 /AC

Subjects--Personal Names:
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 --Juvenile literature.
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Endurance (Ship)--Juvenile literature.
Endurance (Ship)

Subjects--Meeting Names:
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) --Juvenile literature.
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917)

LC Class. No.: G850 1914 .S53 / A76 1998

Dewey Class. No.: 919.8/904