Endurance: Shipwreck and Survival on a Sea of Ice (High Five Reading) - Softcover

White, Matt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0736895000 ISBN 13: 9780736895002

Publisher: Capstone Pr Inc, 2006

Synopsis

Tells the story of the shipwreck of the Endurance in a sea of ice en route to Antarctica, and the amazing survival of all 28 members of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton.

About this title

About the Author:

Red Brick Learning is a Capstone Press author.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4-6-The author begins with the most important fact of this story-28 men were shipwrecked on a sea of ice, more than 800 miles away from help. The story of Ernest Shackleton and his crew is exciting and extraordinary, and no one has told it better than Jennifer Armstrong in Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World (Crown, 1998). Like Armstrong, White uses Frank Hurley's photographs, taken while the events were unfolding, but he never makes that clear. He also leaves out one of the most daring aspects of the crew's recovery: Shackleton, Captain Frank Worsley, and Second Officer Thomas Crean sliding down a mountain on South Georgia Island like tobogganers with no toboggan. Also, the shooting of the dogs is oversimplified. Caroline Alexander in The Endurance (Knopf, 1998) points out that the canines were shot over a period of time, at first to conserve food rations and later because they would not fit into the boats launched in hopes of sailing to South Georgia Island. This title serves as an introduction to an exciting story but should by no means be considered a full telling. Students would be better served by Armstrong's or Alexander's books, which tell the whole story.
Edith Ching, St. Albans School, Mt. St. Alban, Washington, DC
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About this edition

• Publisher: Capstone Pr Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0736895000
• ISBN 13: 9780736895002
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64