The Crossing of Antarctica: Original Photographs from the Epic Journey That Fulfilled Shackleton’s Dream

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One hundred years after Shackleton attempted to cross the nice white continent of Antarctica, this beautifully illustrated volume celebrates the boys who succeeded where he had failed . . . and rewrote the history books

The year 2014 is the centenary of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance expedition, which aimed to finish the primary crossing of Antarctica. He didn’t succeed, and his great vision all of a sudden was a now-legendary struggle for survival. Shackleton’s lifelong dream―to cross the continent―was once at last realized by Sir Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary in 1957-58. As a key member of this Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, Everest veteran George Lowe was once there to capture it all on film.

On this remarkable book, a trove of unpublished photographs and other rare materials from the Lowe collection are brought together for the primary time. Awe-inspiring landscapes, candid portraits, and action shots evoke the on a regular basis moments of this historic expedition as never before.

The Crossing of Antarctica provides a dynamic history of the Heroic Age expeditions and the emergence of adventure photography. A stellar array of polar experts also reflects on Antarctica and the meaning of true exploration, including Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Peter Fuchs, Jonathan Shackleton, Sebastian Copeland, Geoff Somers, Ken Blaiklock, Felicity Aston, and Paul Dalrymple. 154 illustrations, 60 in color

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