Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition: The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton's Polar-Bound Cat
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The carpenter has a very fine cat who is known as "Mrs. Chippie"...
— from the diary of Commander F. A. Worsley, captain of Shackleton's Endurance
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When Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurancebecame trapped in the Antarctic ice, all twenty-nine members of the crew were pushed to their limits of survival, including Mrs. Chippy, the ship's estimable cat. Fortunately for posterity, Mrs. Chippy left a diary of the ordeal.
Closely based on the true events of Shackleton's heroic journey, and illustrated with authentic photographs taken by Frank Hurley, expedition photographer, Mrs. Chippy's Last Expeditionis a firsthand account of one of the greatest adventures in history—from a unique point of view.
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