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Drawing upon previously unavailable sources, Caroline Alexander gives is a riveting account of Shackleton's expedition- one of history's greatest epics of survival. And she presents Frank Hurley, the Australian photographer whose visual record of the adventure has never before been published comprehensively. Together, text and image re-create the terrible beauty of Antarctica, the awful destruction of the ship, and the crew's heroic daily struggle to stay alive, a miracle achieved largely through Shackleton's inspiring leadership.