Roop, Connie.

Escape from the ice : Shackleton and the Endurance / by Connie and Peter Roop ; illustrated by Bob Doucet. - New York : Scholastic, c2001. - 48 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 23 cm. - Hello reader! Level 4 .

"Cartwheel books."

Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.

ISBN: 0439206405 (pbk.)

LCCN: 00026557

Subjects--Personal Names:
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 --Travel.
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Endurance (Ship)

Subjects--Meeting Names:
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Explorers.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration.

LC Class. No.: G850 1914 .S53 / R66 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 919.8/904