South: The Story of Shackleton''s Last Expedition 1914-1917 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from South: The Story of Shackleton''s Last Expedition 1914-1917<br><br>Owing to the loss of the Endurance and the disaster to the Aurora certain documents relating mainly to the organization and preparation of the Expedition have been lost but anyhow I had no intention of presenting a detailed account of the scheme of preparation storing and other necessary but to the general reader unimportant affairs as since the beginning of this century every book on Antarctic exploration has dealt fully with this matter. I therefore brie?y place before you the inception and organiza tion of the Expedition and insert here the copy of the programme which I prepared in order to arouse the interest of the general public in the Expedition.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.