What was it like on Captain Scott’s desperate mission to the South Pole? How did a stowaway play a key role in one of the greatest survival stories of all?

‘Heroes at the South Pole’ describes the heroic adventures of Captain Scott and Ernest Shackleton through the stories of courageous Edgar Evans and Perce Blackborow, the only person to ever stowaway on an Antarctic expedition.

These nail-bitingly good stories of exploration, courage and daring are ideal for schools or children who want to read alone and discover incredible true heroes and role models.

Teacher Feedback:

“This book gripped my Year 4 class from start to finish. Some pupils shared these stories enthusiastically with family and they brought in books from home on polar explorers. Other parents asked where they could buy this book as they had never heard their daughter talk so much about their learning.”

“My class has many reluctant readers and 48 per cent of pupils are EAL so this was a higher-level reading book for all abilities.  There was lots of new technical vocabulary but using it as a whole-class reading text provided the necessary scaffolding and I modelled sections I felt were more difficult. We talked a lot about the stories and answered questions together as well as searching images online to share. The tricky word banks were really helpful as the children began using those independently and it gave them the confidence to unpick challenging texts in the future.”