South by Ernest Shackleton

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/72834 to listen full audiobooks. Title: South Author: Ernest Shackleton Narrator: Rupert Degas Format: mp3 Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins Release date: 11-08-19 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 24 ratings Genres: Polar Regions Publisher's Summary: On 8 August 1914, five days after the outbreak of World War One, the Endurance, a wooden-hulled, coal-fired icebreaker, set sail for the South Pole, in a bid to complete the first-ever trans-Antarctic expedition, which would cross the continent from the Weddell Sea to Scott's base at Cape Evans, via the Pole. However, despite the best planning, the ship succumbs to the ice floes of the Weddell Sea, and is subjected to months of uncontrollable drifting before its crew makes a scramble for Elephant Island, where they battle constant cold and starvation.