South (Paperback: Illustrated: 380 pages)

Shackleton's gripping account of his incredible voyage ranks with history's greatest adventures: how he led his men across 600 miles of unstable ice flocs to a barren rock called Elephant Island and then how he and four others crossed 850 miles of the worst seas in a twenty-two-foot-long open boat. Even after landing on South Georgia Island, the "Boss" had to traverse over twenty miles of mountainous terrain -- without climbing gear -- to reach the nearest outpost of civilization. Nor in this astonishing record does Shackleton forget his support party aboard the Aurora, who in temperatures of -50degress and winds of 80 m.p.h. still managed to drop off supplies on the opposite side of the continent, little suspecting the ordeal of Shackleton and his crew.

The chief source for Alfred Lansing's bestselling Endurance, Shackleton's South tells an unparalleled story of the limits of human courage and perseverance.