The Grip of the Ice
Scott, Shackleton and Survival in the Frozen Frontier
$42.90
- Hardcover
368 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2026
Summary
The gripping untold story of Britain’s first Antarctic expedition — a daring journey that launched the legendary careers of Scott and Shackleton.
Before Robert Falcon Scott’s tragic race to the South Pole and Ernest Shackleton’s legendary Endurance, there was Discovery, the expedition that began it all. Discovery was Britain’s first Antarctic expedition, where Scott, Shackleton and their crew battled scurvy, starvation and the brutal Antarctic wilderness in an audacious push further s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008774523 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0008774528 |
| Author: | Ed Armston-Sheret |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | Mudlark |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2026 |
| Weight: | 580g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 159mm x 21mm |
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About The Author
Ed Armston-Sheret
Ed Armston-Sheret is a historian of exploration and an IHR Fellow at the School of Advanced Studies, University of London. Between 2022 and 2024 he was the Alan Pearsall Fellow in Naval and Maritime History at the Institute of Historical Research. He also works in the Research and Higher Education Team at the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). He holds a PhD on the history of exploration from Royal Holloway, University of London.
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