Ordeal By Ice (5 reviews)
Found in: All Seaforth Books
Discovery Books
Hardback 560 pages
ISBN: 9781848321168
add to Wishlist 
link to pagesend page
Ships of the Antarctic
Found in: All Seaforth Books
Discovery Books
Hardback 560 pages
ISBN: 9781848321168
Published: 5 September 2011
£28.00
was £35.00
Get this title for just £23.80 by becoming a Platinum Member. Whats this?
add to Wishlist
link to pagesend page
Surrounded by hazardous seas and pitiless ice, Antarctica was first sighted by Europeans less than three centuries ago. Since then, hundreds of ships have voyaged around that continent, challenged by poorly charted waters, storms, pack ice, icebergs and disease. This comprehensive and richly illustrated book tells the story of these ships and the expeditions they supported, from the fifteenth-century fleets of the Ming Emperors of China to today’s tourist ships and powerful icebrakers.
From extensive research, the author draws all these stories into one comprehensive record. Familiar names such as Terra Nova and Endurance feature with unfamiliar but equally important ships, while tales of heroic seamanship, like Captain John Briscoe’s extraordinary 1830-32 circumnavigation in the tiny Tula, or Shackleton’s voyage in the James Caird, illustrate the horrendous conditions that sailors and explorers faced. Plans, photos, paintings and maps enhance a highly authoritative and readable text that will appeal to polar historians, adventurers, armchair travellers, ship enthusiasts and visitors to Antarctica.
It will fill an important gap in polar literature and is destined to become the reference book on the ships of the Antarctic as well as a superb and concise history of Antarctic exploration.
From extensive research, the author draws all these stories into one comprehensive record. Familiar names such as Terra Nova and Endurance feature with unfamiliar but equally important ships, while tales of heroic seamanship, like Captain John Briscoe’s extraordinary 1830-32 circumnavigation in the tiny Tula, or Shackleton’s voyage in the James Caird, illustrate the horrendous conditions that sailors and explorers faced. Plans, photos, paintings and maps enhance a highly authoritative and readable text that will appeal to polar historians, adventurers, armchair travellers, ship enthusiasts and visitors to Antarctica.
It will fill an important gap in polar literature and is destined to become the reference book on the ships of the Antarctic as well as a superb and concise history of Antarctic exploration.
Quite simply, wonderful. It is beautifully presented , lavishly illustrated and, above all, thoroughly researched. Very successfully, Rorke Bryan presents a convincing and compelling story of polar exploration and its ships.
James Caird Society Journal
'Ordeal by Ice' is a monumental achievement in its own right that represents the culmination of an historical odyssey spanning half a century.Eastern Daily Press
This is an outstanding book and I would very highly recommend it to our readers.Shipping Today and Yesterday
A fascinating and very informative book...highly recommended.Model Boats
This book serves as a fitting tribute to the seafarers who braved almost indescribable cold, mountainous waves and navigational perils to nurse their ships through some of the most inhospitable waters in the world. Nautilusint Telegraph
Product Extracts
Register now to post your own review and get a £1 voucher for every review you submit!
Pioneers of Design and Construction
Our Price: £25.00
Bronze
Silver
Gold
Platinum
