World-renowned explorer, writer, and poet Ranulph Fiennes tells the story of one of history's greatest explorers, Ernest Shackleton.

In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his Trans-Antarctic Expedition team set out in an attempt to become the first team to the South Pole. They were unsuccessful.

In his 2022 book, Shackleton, adventurer, poet, and writer Sir Ranulph Fiennes shares an account of the Shackleton adventures, capturing his daring spirit with consummate insight.

In 1992, Sir Ranulph Fiennes became the first person to walk across Antarctica unsupported, making him the ideal biographer of his adventuring predecessor.

From descriptions of frostbites to the strange allure of extraordinary danger, Fiennes' unearths the intricacies of braving the unforgiving polar environment.