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The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party |  | Author: Kelly Tyler-Lewis
Publisher: Viking Adult
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Sales Rank: 220836
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 1.3
ISBN: 0670034126
Dewey Decimal Number: 919.8904
EAN: 9780670034123
ASIN: 0670034126
Publication Date: April 20, 2006
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The harrowing tale of the Ross Sea party, the other side of Shackleton's Endurance expedition
In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed south aboard the Endurance to make history by crossing the Antarctic continent. Shackleton's story is legend, but few know the heroic epic of the Ross Sea party, Shackleton's support group dispatched to the other side of the continent to build a lifeline of food and fuel depots to bear his crossing. "I had not anticipated that the work would present any great difficulties," Shackleton wrote. Yet everything went tragically wrong when the Ross Sea ship, the Aurora, tore free of her moorings and disappeared in a gale, leaving ten men marooned with only the clothes on their backs and few provisions. With little hope of rescue from a world embroiled in World War I, the men decided to accomplish their mission against all odds. Long overshadowed by the mission these men bargained their lives to sustain, this heartrending story of survival against all odds now gets its due in this definitive, surprising account of the last journey of the Heroic Age of polar exploration.
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 A tale of endurance, with lessons about leadership August 22, 2009
Alejandro Contreras
This is the story of the support group for Shackleton's last Antarctic adventure.
Shackleton aimed to be the first to cross Antarctica, starting in the Weddell Sea (relatively near Argentina) crossing the continent, passing through the South Pole, and finishing in the Ross Sea (nerby New Zealand). At the time (early 20th century) there was no way for his expedition to carry all food and supplies to cross the continent, so he decided he needed another group of people to lay depots with food and staples on the exit route (from the South Pole to the Ross Sea).
A charismatic leader, Shackleton recruited a core group of people to lead this effort. He sent them to Australia, to pick up a ship he had purchased and start their part of the voyage. And there they went.
I won't spoil the story for the reader. Suffice it to say that yes, the support group made it to Antarctica and, driven by the conviction that Shackleton's life depended on them, these group of men went into extraordinary hardships to lay the depots as required. The adventure lasted almost 3 years, and even took the lives of some men (and many dogs).
Tyler-Lewis researched thoroughly the story of these men, reading all the available documentation that they left (their diaries, etc.). Her book is not only an exciting story, but also highlights indirectly many leadership lessons.
I strongly recommend this book, basically to anybody. It transpires humanity.
 Detailed Account March 7, 2009
P. Strobel (West Lafayette, IN United States)
Just finished the book and am a bit disappointed. I had hoped to get insight into the lives of the people involved in this amazing tale. What the author gives us is a detailed account of the events built from the diaries of the men. Overall the book reads like a newspaper article - the stories are sometimes intriguing but often tedious. If you are looking for a thorough account of the events that occurred around the Ross Sea Party, this is the book for you.
The Lost Men October 24, 2008
Albert P. Bushey (East Longmeadow, MA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The seller's performance in the timely shipping and condition of the book were excellent. I have not read the book as yet, but I'm sure that it's an informative and interesting read. That's why I purchased the book.
A. P. Bushey
East Longmeadow, MA
Gripping saga of leadership, adventure and cold discomfort. October 19, 2007
Rolf Dobelli (Switzerland)
The world remembers swashbuckling Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton as a selfless leader who would do anything for his men. But this tale of the hardships suffered by his support crew paints a different picture of Shackleton - a charismatic and courageous figure, yes, but also a man whose disorganization and carelessness wasted the lives, health, loyalty and courage of half his party. Three members of Shackleton's Ross Sea party died while leaving supplies of food that Shackleton never used. Historian Kelly Tyler-Lewis uses the survivors' journals and interviews with their families to chronicle the Ross Party's relationships and sacrifices in compelling detail, illuminating the missteps and mismanagement that caused the expedition to go awry. We recommend this study to managers who want examples of how to respond - and how not to respond - in a crisis.
 Inspiring tale of adventure and discovery August 24, 2007
Sam (Seahurst, Washington)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is quite a gripping story both in based in tragedy and triumph.
I saw the PBS special on the Shackleton Journey, but many times, like this, the book is much better.
The book was highly researched and vividly written describing the many astonishing moments of the expedition.
It was a ten-man journey the relies heavily on personal journals about some happy moments and some very terrible times. It goes into detail about the decreasing health of the journeymen and stuggles with scurvey, frostbite, snow blindness and the horrible mental and emotional anguish that many sucumb to on this dangerous 1330-mile mission to Antarctica.
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