The Grip of the Ice by Ed Armston-Sheret - ISBN: 9780008774523
Hardcover
Britain’s first Antarctic journey: heroism, science, and survival’s brutal grip.
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The Grip of the Ice

Scott, Shackleton and Survival in the Frozen Frontier

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  • Hardcover

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    1 December 2026

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Summary

The gripping untold story of Britain’s first Antarctic expedition — a daring journey that launched the legendary careers of Scott and Shackleton.

Before Robert Falcon Scott’s tragic race to the South Pole and Ernest Shackleton’s legendary Endurance, there was Discovery, the expedition that began it all. Discovery was Britain’s first Antarctic expedition, where Scott, Shackleton and their crew battled scurvy, starvation and the brutal Antarctic wilderness in an audacious push further s…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780008774523
ISBN-10:0008774528
Author:Ed Armston-Sheret
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:Mudlark
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:1 December 2026
Weight:580g
Dimensions:240mm x 159mm x 21mm
About The Author

Ed Armston-Sheret

Ed Armston-Sheret is a historian of exploration and an IHR Fellow at the School of Advanced Studies, University of London. Between 2022 and 2024 he was the Alan Pearsall Fellow in Naval and Maritime History at the Institute of Historical Research. He also works in the Research and Higher Education Team at the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). He holds a PhD on the history of exploration from Royal Holloway, University of London.

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