Ice Trap!

Description

In August 1914, during the height of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, Sir Ernest Shackleton set off from England with a team of explorers to walk across the Antarctic and study the icy depths of this new and forbidding continent. Sailing through some of the most perilous seas, Endurance, becomes trapped in the deadly pack ice of the Weddell sea. When Endurance is eventually crushed between the vast bulk of two floating icebergs, the men are forced to abandon ship and make the dangerous journey across the crushing sea in lifeboats. They reach relative safety on the uninhabited Elephant Island, but an even greater peril faces Shackleton and five other members of the crew. An amazing tale of heroism and ingenuity told by Antarctic expert, Meredith Hooper and accompanied by M.P.Robertson's dramatic and graphic illustrations.

MEREDITH HOOPER was born in Australia, Currently she is a Visiting Research Fellow in the History of Science at the Royal Institution. She is an Antarctic specialist and was awarded the Antarctica Service Medal by the US Congress for her contribution to the understanding of the continent. M.P.Robertson studied Graphic Design at Kingston University. A Freelance illustrator since 1988, he specialises in children's books

"In Ice Trap!...the author's love of story is in the ascendant." TES"