This edition includes "Heart of the Antarctic", the story of the British Antarctic expedition 1907-1909 and "South", the story of Shackleton's last expedition 1914-1917, both Shackleton's personal accounts of his polar expeditions.
Contains a cronology from 1880 to 1950 (p. 55-77) and 23 appendices of official documents within the period (p. 78-128). Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-130).