South!

"We had seen God in His splendours, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man."

In 1914, Ernest Shackleton set out on an 1,800-mile trek across Antarctica. During the three-year expedition, his team overcame shipwreck, treacherous glaciers, and a bitterly hostile climate. They faced the elements on this icy continent with extraordinary determination, resourcefulness, and courage. This account by one of Britain''s greatest explorers is at once thrilling, harrowing, and inspiring.