WOW! I can't imagine what it must have been like to be stranded in the Antarctic region for nearly two years with the equipment they had in the early 1900s. Not only that, but many of their supplies were destroyed due to shipwreck and weather mishaps. Imagine having to melt snow to get water to drink and eating seals and penguins to stay alive.
This 2008-2009 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award nominee title is an amazing story of survival based on the true account of Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition in 1914. As a reader, you become involved with the lives of the men from the ship and cheer them on as they encounter one hardship after another. The attitudes they had were exemplary.
The book contains some harsh language as well as vivid descriptions of some of the bad things that happened which may be disturbing for some readers.
Topics: winter survival, well-researched historical fiction, shipwreck, dogs
Genre: historical fiction, survival/adventure fiction
Mrs. Beckwith's rating: 5 of 5
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