The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party

Kelly Tyler-Lewis

Mar 2007 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

The untold story of the last odyssey of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration

Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 Antarctic endeavor is legend, but for sheer heroism and tragic nobility, nothing compares to the saga of the Ross Sea party. This crew of explorers landed on the opposite side of Antarctica from the Endurance with a mission to build supply depots for Shackleton’s planned crossing of the continent. But their ship disappeared in a gale, leaving ten inexperienced, ill-equipped men to trek 1,356 miles in the harshest environment on earth. Drawing on the men’s own journals and photographs, The Lost Men is a masterpiece of historical adventure, a book destined to be a classic in the vein of Into Thin Air.

Ratings and reviews

Lots of details and a bit hard to follow in some places. The recounting of the events of the shore party after Shackleton rescue was very confusing. But overall worth reading.

Fantastic book. Well researched and well written, this should be required reading for enthusiasts of Heroic Age history or of Antarctica in general.

About the author

Kelly Tyler-Lewis, a historian, is Visiting Scholar of the Scott Polar Research Institute of the University of Cambridge, England. Her research took her to Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica, where she spent two months with the U.S. Antarctic Program.