Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition: The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton's Polar-Bound Cat

Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition: The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton's Polar-Bound Cat
Mrs Chippy's Last Expedition The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton's PolarBound Cat
Author: Caroline Alexander
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 When Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance became trapped in the Antarctic ice, all twenty-nine members of the crew were pushed to their limits of survival, including Mrs. Chi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060932619
ISBN-10: 0060932619
Publication Date: 4/1/1999
Pages: 176
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 6

4 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review

Top Member Book Reviews

4fabfelines avatar reviewed Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition: The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton's Polar-Bound Cat on + 112 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This book is very cute and has notes and thought from the ships' crew on the polar bound expedetion. The photographs were quite good and it was interesting the dynamics of the whole ship and the crew.
The ending is very sad though, they have to abandon the ship and trek across the ice so Shackleton orders several of the sled dogs pup and the cat shot and killed. (she could have rode in the sled.) Harry McNish felt the loss of the cat most profoundly and he was wrote up for discipline problems later. When he died they place a bronze cat on his grave in honor of Mrs. Chippy.
Read All 6 Book Reviews of "Mrs Chippys Last Expedition The Remarkable Journal of Shackletons PolarBound Cat"


Genres: