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Ice Story: Shackleton's Lost Expedition
by
Elizabeth Cody Kimmel (Goodreads Author)
This dramatic, suspenseful narrative reads like an adventure story-but it is true. In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton and a twenty-seven-man crew set off on an expedition to reach and cross Antarctica. Just a month and a half into the voyage, their ship, the Endurance, was caught fast in heavy pack ice. The men had no radio contact, and no one knew where they were or even that...more
Hardcover, 128 pages
Published
February 16th 1999
by Clarion Books
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What an adventure. There were so many obstacles against Shackleton and his Antarctic journey, again and again, it is an absolutely amazing story (in only 120 pages, accompanied by actual photographs!).
Shackleton's ship, the Endurance, gets caught in a sea of ice as it freezes around the ship. They plan on waiting out the thaw, but the ice crushes and sinks the Endurance. They have no way to contact anyone or get any help. No one knows exactly where they are or that they are even in danger. They...more
Shackleton's ship, the Endurance, gets caught in a sea of ice as it freezes around the ship. They plan on waiting out the thaw, but the ice crushes and sinks the Endurance. They have no way to contact anyone or get any help. No one knows exactly where they are or that they are even in danger. They...more
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The strengths of this book are the readability of the text and the numerous photographs. The photographs really help the reader appreciate the pickle that Shackleton and his crew found themselves in. This is the book that I plan to share with my fifth graders, simply because it's so readable. I did notice that some of the things the author includes don't quite line up with other accounts. However most of these things are minor and the inconsistencies are to be expected based on the sources used....more
A strong 5! One of the most amazing stories I have ever read. I was touched through out the story with the incredible endurance and strength of Shackleton and his team of men. I would like to read Shackleton's own account of the experience as well as other crew members. A fabulous account attesting to true optimism, endurance and hope in the face of terrible circumstances. A very well written story also.
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An inspiring and haunting tale of Antarctic survival. This story is truly epic; a real-life Odyssey. It is well-written for adults and young adults. I was so moved by the heroic displays of courage, perseverance, hope, discipline, loyalty, hard labor, and mental strength. I highly recommend this telling which is easily read in a few short hours.
I can't even imagine spending two years of your life attempting to explore Antarctica and then getting shipwrecked at the bottom of the world and living to tell the tale. Until you read the story of Ernest Shackleton and his crew's amazing feats of courage and survival, you will never fully appreciate how amazing it is that they lived to tell the tale.
I used this book as a read-aloud with gifted primary children. The writing style was engaging and kept the interest of the children through every page. The photographs helped tell the story of Shackleton--and what a story it is!
Teaching this book in my 7th grade classes
Shackleton's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica
especially love how it focuses on the providential events that led to their survival
Shackleton's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica
especially love how it focuses on the providential events that led to their survival
It's so cool to read an adventure story about heroes and have it be real. Also, good literary devices used in an info-text.
got read to me for school. Pretty awesome.
Having never before found anything the least bit interesting or intriguing about exploration, but having just read a couple of books about the siege of Leningrad, I found the human survival aspect a sort of magnet. After all, we could, any one of us, in a moment, be plunged into extreme, life-threatening circumstances. How would we react? Would we rise or fall to the challenge? Ice Story is the incredible account of an amazing man. It is a tribute to one who put his crew's safety above that of h...more
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good good good i love it!
I've only heard about Shackleton, never read anything until now. An amazing story.
another accounting of the amazing, but true story of the 1914 shackleton expedition to the antarctic, their entrapment in the ice and heroic escape to s. georgia. it is too amazing to be fiction.
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