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Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition: The Remarkable Journey of Shackleton's Polar-bound Cat


No. of pages 181

Published: 1997

Great for age 7-10 years

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Mrs Chippy sailed onboard Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance in 1914, patrolling the decks, keeping watch and mousing down below. This is her journal.

 

 

There are 181 pages in this book. This book was published in 1997 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

 

This book features the following characters:

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
This book features the character Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton.

Ernest Shackleton
As a boy Ernest Shackleton preferred reading sea stories to doing homework and, at age 16, became an apprentice seaman. Subsequently, Ernest Shackleton's incredible journeys to the South Pole in the early 1900s made him one of the most famous explorers of modern times. I914 saw his historic 1914 journey aboard the Endurance.