Ernest Shackleton - The Heart of the Antarctic
October 12th, 2007 by Bauman
“When you are in a hopeless situation, when you are seeing no way out, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton.” - Sir Raymond Priestly
Shackleton’s Own Copy:
In 1907, Shackleton commanded the Nimrod expedition, which “reached within 97 miles of the South Pole (almost four years before Amundsen and Scott achieved the Pole itself)… discovered the Polar Plateau and accomplished the first attainment of the Magnetic South Pole, as well as the first ascent of Mt. Erebus - fully outdistancing his predecessors to a degree unequalled in the history of polar exploration” (Books on Ice).
Knighted by Edward VII, who considered the expedition “the greatest geographical event of his reign” (Huntford), Shackleton quickly published his classic account, The Heart of the Antarctic. Only 300 copies of the Special Limited Large Paper Issue were published, in two thick quarto volumes bound in original vellum-gilt.
We offer an exceedingly rare association copy of the deluxe edition, this copy belonging to Shackleton himself, with his bookplates and additional autograph material, and also including the wonderfully illustrated Antarctic Book, issued only with this Limited Edition and signed by every expedition member, including Shackleton. View our current Shackleton selection.