The Grip of the Ice
Scott, Shackleton and Survival in the Frozen Frontier
$30.40
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
28 July 2026
Summary
‘An Antarctic odyssey; Shackleton and Scott star in this rip-roaring account’ The Telegraph
‘Delivered with pace, style and infectious enthusiasm, The Grip of the Ice sometimes chills you to the bone… stirring, suspenseful and panoramic.’ Independent
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 trag…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008843991 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0008843996 |
| Author: | Ed Armston-Sheret |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | Mudlark |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 28 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 153mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
‘An excellent account of the 1901-4 Discovery Expedition, the first British Antarctic voyage of the heroic age of Polar exploration’ The Telegraph
‘A thrilling tale of bravery and determination against the odds’ The Field
‘The expedition has indeed ‘seldom attracted the attention it deserves’, and in these pages the author makes it his own.’ Literary Review
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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