THE BOY FROM AKAROA signed by author and publisher Wendy Dunlop, privately published in Christchurch in a limited print run. Great tidy condition

56 page softbound, beautifully illustrated in colour & B&W plates, lovely colour map of Weddell sea epic...a superbly told account of Akaroa-born Frank Worsley's life and role in the Endurance epic as Shackleton's captain. (Wendy Dunlop wrote the New Zealand Geographic feature on Worsley)

New Zealanders are known internationally as formidable sailors. Among them, one New Zealander gained international kudos 100 years ago as skipper of a fateful voyage in the Southern Ocean. When disaster struck, he saved himself and his colleagues in one of the most remarkable feats of seamanship the world has ever seen. Frank Arthur Worsley was born in the little township of Akaroa, and he is their most famous citizen.

New Zealand born Frank Worsley became the captain and navigator on Shackleton's Trans Antarctic Expedition in 1914. When the Endurance sank in the Weddell Sea, crushed by the ice, 28 men were left stranded. Using lifeboats retrieved from the ship, Worsley's seamanship and navigational skills guided the party across hundreds of miles of the Southern Ocean.