Frank Worsley : Shackleton's fearless captain

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Frank Worsley : Shackleton's fearless captain

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"This book is a biography of Frank Worsley, without doubt one of New Zealand's greatest, but largely unsung adventuring heroes. Born in Akaroa he went to sea as a teenager in 1888 on the sailing ships plying their trade between New Zealand and England. But the greatest adventure of his life began when he became the captain of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance, which was trapped in pack ice on the 1914-1916 Antarctic expedition and slowly crushed. The crew of 28 spent over a year camped o...

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Date created

2014

Creator

John Thomson

URL

https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/record/1141462

Locations

Nelson, New Zealand

Related subjects

Worsley, Frank Arthur, 1872-1943 / Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 / Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) / Explorers--New Zealand--Biography / Ship captains--New Zealand--Biography

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