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General and cited bibliography

Alexander, Caroline (1998). The Endurance: Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 0-7475-4123-X.

Barczewski, Stephanie (2007). Antarctic Destinies: Scott, Shackleton and the changing face of heroism. London: Hambledon Continuum. ISBN 978-1-84725-192-3.

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Crane, David (2005). Scott of the Antarctic. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-715068-7.

Fiennes, Ranulph (2003). Captain Scott. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. ISBN 978-0-340-82697-3.

Fisher, Margery; Fisher, James (1957). Shackleton and the Antarctic. James Barrie Books Ltd.

Huntford, Roland (1985). Shackleton. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-25007-0.

Johnson, Rebecca L. (2003). Ernest Shackleton: Gripped By The Antarctic. Twenty-First Century. ISBN 978-0-87614-920-1.

Jones, Max (2003). The Last Great Quest. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280483-9.

Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody (1999). Ice story: Shackleton's lost expedition. New York: Clarion Books. ISBN 978-0-395-91524-0.

Koehn, Nancy F. (2017). Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times. New York: Scribner. ISBN 978-1-5011-7444-5.

Lansing, Alfred M. (1999) [1959]. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 978-0-7867-0621-1.

Mill, Hugh Robert (1923). The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton. London: William Heinemann.

Mills, Leif (1999). Frank Wild. Whitby: Caedmon of Whitby. ISBN 978-0-905355-48-1.

Morrell, Margot; Capparell, Stephanie (2001). Shackleton's Way: Leadership lessons from the great Antarctic explorer. New York: Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-89196-2.

Perkins, Dennis N. T. (2000). Leading at the Edge: Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctica Expedition. New York: AMACOM (a division of the American Management Association). ISBN 978-0-8144-0543-7.

Preston, Diana (1997). A First Rate Tragedy: Captain Scott's Antarctic Expeditions. London: Constable & Co. ISBN 978-0-09-476380-7.

Rex, Tamiko, ed. (2001). South with Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914–1917, the Photographs of Frank Hurley. Contributors: Paul Costigan, Michael Gray, Shane Murphy, Gael Newton, Joanna Wright. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0-7475-5719-7.

Riffenburgh, Beau (2004). Nimrod: Ernest Shackleton and the Extraordinary Story of the 1907–09 British Antarctic Expedition. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0-7475-7254-1.

Riffenburgh, Beau, ed. (2006). Encyclopedia of the Antarctic. Vol. 1. New York: Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 978-0-415-97024-2.

Savours, Ann (2001). The Voyages of the Discovery: The Illustrated History of Scott's Ship. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-149-1.

Shackleton, Ernest (1909). The Heart of the Antarctic. London: William Heinemann.

Shackleton, Ernest (1982) [1919]. South. London: Century Publishing. ISBN 0-7126-0111-2.

Shackleton, Ernest (1919). South – Sir Ernest Shackleton's Glorious Epic of the Antarctic. BFI online. British Film Institute (BFIVO54). Retrieved 12 October 2011.

Shackleton, Ernest (2 June 1916). "The Story of Shackleton's Expedition". The Manchester Guardian. p. 5.

Shackleton, Jonathan; MacKenna, John (2002). Shackleton: An Irishman in Antarctica. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-18620-3.

Turley, Charles (1914). The Voyages of Captain Scott. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Wheeler, Sara (2001). Cherry: A life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 978-0-224-05004-3.

Wild, Frank (1923). Shackleton's Last Voyage: the Story of the Quest. London: Cassell and Company.

Wilson, Edward A. (1975) [1966]. Savours, Ann (ed.). Diary of the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic Regions 1901–1904. London: Blandford Press. ISBN 0-7137-0431-4.

Worsley, Frank A. (1931). Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure. London: Philip Allen.

Worsley, Frank A. (1999) [1940]. Shackleton's Boat Journey. London: Pimlico. ISBN 978-0-7126-6574-2.

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