Debut illustrator William Grill brings us a detailed visual narrative of Shackleton's epic journey to Antarctica. Grill's beautiful use of coloured pencils and vibrant hues places him somewhere on the artistic spectrum between Raymond Briggs and David Hockney and his fastidious cataloguing of every single detail of the expedition is nothing short of a Blackstock collection.

He manages to evoke the atmosphere and intrepid excitement that would have surrounded the expedition with his impeccably researched, detailed and atmospheric drawings. Children will love examining the exploded diagrams of the now peculiar provisions taken and the individual drawings of each sled dog and pack horse.

This book takes the academic and historical information surrounding the expedition and reinterprets it for a young audience in a way that will capture their imaginations.

Why Novel North Recommends

‘I’ve always had a fascination with Shackleton’s expedition, and the incredible fact that the whole Endurance team survived their time marooned on the ice, their subsequent trek across, and finally their rescue from Elephant Island. Grill’s illustrations really encompass and capture both the small, warm moments of the expedition as well as the vast and often hostile landscape they had to endure.’

Author : William Grill

Edition : Flying Eye Books, Hardback, 80 pages

ISBN : 9781909263109

Published : 1st February 2014

Weight: 622g
Dimensions: 305 x 245 x 15mm