Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Shackleton is a clear, simple and enlightening introduction to perhaps the most extraordinary survival stories of all time.
Ben Saunders is one of the world's leading polar explorers, and a
record-breaking long-distance skier who has covered more than
6,000km (3,700 miles) on foot in the Polar Regions since 2001. His
accomplishments include leading The Scott Expedition, the longest
human-powered polar journey in history, and the first completion of
the expedition that defeated Captain Scott and Sir Ernest
Shackleton, a 105-day round-trip from Ross Island on the coast of
Antarctica to the South Pole and back again.
Ben is the third person in history to ski solo to the North Pole,
and holds the record for the longest solo Arctic journey by a
Briton. He is also the founding editor and publisher of Avaunt
Magazine, a global brand ambassador for Land Rover, an honorary
member of the Cordon Rouge Club, an ambassador for the Prince's
Trust, a patron of British Exploring, a fellow of the Royal
Geographical Society, and an acclaimed keynote speaker, described
by TED as 'A master storyteller'.
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