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devoted exclusively to the the James Caird, the small boat in which Shackleton made his famous rescue journey, now preserved at Dulwich College
Harding Dunnett was closely involved with the restoration of Shackleton's boat theJames Caird to its former glory and its display to this day in the North Cloister at Dulwich College.
Shackleton's Boat traces the entire history of the James Caird from its commissioning in London's Docklands by Frank Worsley through its two perilous journeys and colourful subsequent life to its present resting place at Dulwich.
Shackleton's Boat is published by Neville and Harding Ltd. in hardback, large format (Crown Quarto, 25cm x 19cm), price UK £20 plus £2.50 postage and packing (Overseas: US$50 or E40 Euros, inc. postage/shipment) and includes 160 pages with l80 photographs, drawings, diagrams and maps, many of them unique and not previously published. ISBN : 0 948028 02 5.
SHACKLETON: THE ANTARCTIC AND ENDURANCE
EDITED BY DR.JAN PIGGOTT, F.S.A.
This handsome catalogue to the 2000 Dulwich College Shackleton exhibition, fully illustrated in colour, with a foreword by Shackleton's granddaughter, the Hon. Alexandra Shackleton (President of The James Caird Society), includes half a dozen highly informative and well-researched new essays :
'The Last Hurdle - following Shackleton's footsteps across South Georgia' by mountaineer Stephen Venables; 'Shackleton and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration' and 'Principal Expeditions during the Heroic Age of Antarctica' by Robert Headland, archivist and curator of the Scott Polar Research Institute; 'Shackleton at South Georgia' by Robert Burton, historian of South Georgia; 'Tom Crean: Unsung Hero, by Michael Smith, author of the recent Tom Crean biography; and 'A Man of Action, and yet a Man of Books' by Dr.Jan Piggott, Keeper of Archives at Dulwich College and Curator of the Shackleton exhibition.
There are additional introductory essays by Jan Piggott on 'The James Caird'; 'Early Years and Discovery (1901-03)'; 'Nimrod (1907-09)', 'Sir Philip Brocklehurst and Nimrod'; 'Endurance (1914-16)'; 'George Marston'; 'Frank Hurley'; 'Quest (1921-22)' and 'Death'. 'It's a beautifully done book' (from a review by R. Stephenson on the Antarctic Circle website).
London: Dulwich College, 2000. 158 pp, cased (£25) and paperback (£15). ISBN 0-9539493-1-1 (paperback); [0-9539493-0-3 cased].
THE BOAT JOURNEY FROM "SOUTH"
PUBLISHED BY THE JAMES CAIRD SOCIETY
A limited number of offprints of Shackleton's Boat Journey, a pamphlet reproduced from Shackleton's own account in South, are available to Members of the Society, price £3 including postage, from the Hon. Secretary, Mrs Pippa Hare, Fig Tree Cottage, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 3EN, Tel +44 (0)1580 714944.
ANTARCTIC CHRONOLOGY
Bob Headland is putting the finishing touches to the revision and expansion of his Chronological List of Antarctic Expeditions and Related Historical Events (R.K.Headland, Cambridge University Press, 1989). There will be an improved introduction, over 200 new entries and additional new material.
Bob Headland's South Georgia can be requested (paperback reprint, 1992) from Amazon.
SHACKLETON BOOKS AT BARNES AND NOBLE
PRINCIPAL BOOKS ABOUT SHACKLETON
SHACKLETON : ROLAND HUNTFORD
Roland Huntford's Shackleton (l985), the fullest biography to date (1st Carroll & Graf edition, 1998, 770 pages, $18.95 ISBN 0-7867-0544-2, can be ordered (as can Shackleton's South and Lansing's Endurance) from both Amazon and Carroll and Graf.
LANSING'S CLASSIC BOOK ON SHACKLETON
Alfred Lansing's classic book Endurance : Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, republished in paperback (l986) by Carroll and Graf, is available from Amazon at $10.36 (new) and $5.25-$9.32 (second hand, differing quality).
Lansing's book can also be ordered from Carroll and Graf or Barnes and Noble.
Lansing's book is also published as : Endurance: The Greatest Adventure Story Ever Told (Phoenix Press, GBP £12.99)
Lansing's South : A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage (reissued in a new edition in 1998), 380 pages, $13.95, ISBN 0-7867-0597-3 can also be ordered from Carroll and Graf, and is available from them as a Read-Online book.
Published as _Endurance : Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, the book is also available on four cassettes.
A longstanding Shackleton enthusiast, S.Dennis, sent in the following comment on Lansing's book to Amazon.com :
'I read this book when it was first published in 1959; the memory of it has stayed with me since and I was determined that one day I would find another copy of it. Finally through Amazon.com I found it. The second reading 38 years later was no disappointment! The desire of man to survive, coupled with the selfless devotion of Shackelton to his men,is so vividly portrayed by Lansing that you feel Shackleton's burdens and his compassion. Shortly after starting the book you will find your view of your daily trials and tribulations lightening dramatically.'
SOUTH : THE RACE TO THE POLE
By Pieter van der Merwe (general editor) and others (London: National Maritime Museum, 2000). 144 pp, paperback, £12.99. ISBN 0-948065-37-0.
This well-illustrated book was produced to accompany the successful Antarctic Exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Credited authors : Diana Preston, Robert E. Feeney and Luke McKernan. Lots of pictures, some familiar, some not previously published. Index; Bibliography; Recommended Websites; Listing of personnel on Terra Nova, Nimrod, Discovery and Endurance. 43 short biographies are included.
THE ENDURANCE : SHACKLETON'S LEGENDARY ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION
MRS CHIPPY'S LAST EXPEDITION : THE REMARKABLE JOURNAL OF SHACKLETON'S POLAR-BOUND CAT
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SHACKLETON : THE ANTARCTIC CHALLENGE
This well illustrated book by Kim Heacox, published by the National Geographic in Washington, gives a vivid picture of Shackleton and his expeditions.
The book at Amazon
BOOKS BY SHACKLETON : THE TWO GREAT CLASSICS
THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC : THE FARTHEST SOUTH EXPEDITION 1907-1909 (ABRIDGED)
Shackleton's classic account of the Nimrod expedition of l907-9, on which he achieved the furthest south latitude ever achieved by man, almost two years before Amundsen and Scott reached the Pole. Now reissued in a new paperback edition.
Heart of the Antarctic at Amazon
SOUTH
SHACKLETON : GREATEST OF ALL BRITISH POLAR EXPLORERS (OUT OF PRINT - SECOND HAND OR USED)
Christopher Ralling was responsible for an admirable four-hour British feature film about Shackleton made in the early 1980s. This useful selection of passages from Shackleton's Heart of the Antarctic and South was published to coincide with the film.
The book at Amazon
BOOKS BY SHACKLETON'S MEN
SOUTH WITH ENDURANCE - A FINE BOOK OF HURLEY PHOTOS
South with Endurance : Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-17 (Bloomsbury, £35) a superb large format book published on 22 October 2001 reproducing on an impressive scale over 200 photographs by James Francis (Frank) Hurley, is featured in an article in the November 2001 Bloomsbury magazine, which includes a number of interesting links. The book is available for online ordering from Bloomsbury at a special reduced price.
ENDURANCE : AN EPIC OF POLAR ADVENTURE
Worsley's Endurance at Amazon