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Shackleton's journey / William Grill ; with a foreword from Sir Ranulph Fiennes ; edited by Dan Lockwood.
Illustrator William Grill weaves a detailed visual narrative of Shackleton’s journey to Antarctica. Grill’s beautiful use of colored pencils and vibrant hues effortlessly evokes the adventure and excitement that surrounded the expedition. His impeccably researched drawings, rich with detail, fastidiously reproduce the minutiae of the expedition. Children will love examining the diagrams of the peculiar provisions and the individual drawings of each sled dog and packhorse. This book takes the academic and historical information behind the expedition and reinterprets it for a young audience.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781838741297
- ISBN: 1838741291
- Physical Description: 80 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 32 cm
- Publisher: London : Flying Eye Books, 2024.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Funding and Recruitment -- The Crew -- The Dogs -- Endurance -- Equipment and Supplies -- Setting Sail -- From England to South Georgia -- Expedition Map -- Into the Weddell Sea -- Pack Ice -- Endurance Stuck -- A Change of Plans -- Winter Months -- Isolation -- Pressure -- Endurance Lost -- Ocean Camp -- The March -- Patience Camp -- Escaping the Ice -- Sailing to Elephant Island -- Elephant Island -- Preparing the James Caird -- Sailing to South Georgia -- Meanwhile on Elephant Island -- Map of South Georgia -- Crossing South Georgia -- Stromness Whaling Station -- Rescue -- Departure -- The Ross Sea Party -- Home at Last -- Glossary. |
| Awards Note: | AOI Illustration Award for Children's Books New Talent, 2014 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book Awards, 2014 Kate Greenaway Medal Winner, 2015 |
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| Genre: | Exploration Historical Biographies Illustrated works. Biographies. |
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| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡tFunding and Recruitment -- ‡tThe Crew -- ‡tThe Dogs -- ‡tEndurance -- ‡tEquipment and Supplies -- ‡tSetting Sail -- ‡tFrom England to South Georgia -- ‡tExpedition Map -- ‡tInto the Weddell Sea -- ‡tPack Ice -- ‡tEndurance Stuck -- ‡tA Change of Plans -- ‡tWinter Months -- ‡tIsolation -- ‡tPressure -- ‡tEndurance Lost -- ‡tOcean Camp -- ‡tThe March -- ‡tPatience Camp -- ‡tEscaping the Ice -- ‡tSailing to Elephant Island -- ‡tElephant Island -- ‡tPreparing the James Caird -- ‡tSailing to South Georgia -- ‡tMeanwhile on Elephant Island -- ‡tMap of South Georgia -- ‡tCrossing South Georgia -- ‡tStromness Whaling Station -- ‡tRescue -- ‡tDeparture -- ‡tThe Ross Sea Party -- ‡tHome at Last -- ‡tGlossary. |
| 520 | . | ‡aIllustrator William Grill weaves a detailed visual narrative of Shackleton’s journey to Antarctica. Grill’s beautiful use of colored pencils and vibrant hues effortlessly evokes the adventure and excitement that surrounded the expedition. His impeccably researched drawings, rich with detail, fastidiously reproduce the minutiae of the expedition. Children will love examining the diagrams of the peculiar provisions and the individual drawings of each sled dog and packhorse. This book takes the academic and historical information behind the expedition and reinterprets it for a young audience. | |
| 586 | . | ‡aAOI Illustration Award for Children's Books New Talent, 2014 | |
| 586 | . | ‡aNew York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book Awards, 2014 | |
| 586 | . | ‡aKate Greenaway Medal Winner, 2015 | |
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