Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey

first publication date:  2014-06-17
original language:  English

Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey is a graphic novel published in 2014 by First Second. Written and illustrated by Nick Bertozzi, the graphic novel focuses on Ernest Shackleton and his crew during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914. The book was published during the 100th anniversary of the expedition Given the historical nature of the story, Bertozzi includes the information resources he utilized for readers in the back of the book. His list of resources includes numerous publications and websites along with the Herreshoff Marine Museum/ America's Cup Hall of Fame. Bertozzi mentions the inspiration for his illustrations of the arctic as being derivative of the photographs taken by Frank Hurley, the staff photographer and the paintings by George Marston, the staff artist on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. The majority of the dialogue in the story is imagined exposition by Bertozzi, though he notes in an interview with National Geographic that he also incorporated some dialogue from Ernest Shackleton's book South. Source: Wikipedia (en)

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