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Sto caricando le informazioni... Shackleton's Journeydi William Grill
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. L'avventura dell'equipaggio dell'Endurance, del comandante Shackleton in favolose tavole a pastelli. ( ) William Grill has created a fitting memorial to Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated attempt to cross Antarctica in 1914-1916. His colored pencil drawings are a bold visual narrative of the preparation and challenges faced by the crew of the Endurance, who persevered despite the harsh climate and their well-designed Norwegian ship being crushed by the polar ice in which it got trapped. Miraculously, nobody perished on this bold adventure. Deftly illustrated with thick, wintery colored pencil, this large-format nonfiction account of Shackleton’s early 20th-century expedition to Antarctica includes detailed diagrams illuminating kid-magnet facts that relay the complex voyage, devoting, for instance, two pages to images and names of the 69 shipboard dogs. We learn that in recruiting the ship’s crew, “Shackleton quizzed candidates on their practical skills, but also about more unusual things, like if they could sing well.” And while the journey was gripping, Grill’s illustrations make it moreso, using double-page spreads to depict the tiny ship’s isolation in pack ice or the roiling sky over the Elephant Island camp. The glossary is useful; it lacks only a bibliography. Deftly illustrated with thick, wintery colored pencil, this large-format nonfiction account of Shackleton’s early 20th-century expedition to Antarctica includes detailed diagrams illuminating kid-magnet facts that relay the complex voyage, devoting, for instance, two pages to images and names of the 69 shipboard dogs. We learn that in recruiting the ship’s crew, “Shackleton quizzed candidates on their practical skills, but also about more unusual things, like if they could sing well.” And while the journey was gripping, Grill’s illustrations make it moreso, using double-page spreads to depict the tiny ship’s isolation in pack ice or the roiling sky over the Elephant Island camp. The glossary is useful; it lacks only a bibliography. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Tells the story of the shipwreck of the Endurance in a sea of ice en route to Antarctica, and the survival of all 28 members of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriNessun genere Sistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)919.89History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in Australasia, Pacific Ocean islands, Atlantic Ocean islands, Arctic islands, Antarctica and on extraterrestrial worlds Polar regions AntarcticaClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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