Second edition paperback now available

The Quest Chronicle

Jan Chojecki

The Shackleton Rowett (Quest) Expedition has long lain in the shadow of Shackleton’s other exploits and is only fleetingly mentioned in the biographies of Sir Ernest Shackleton. This account sets out the events that occurred before, during and after the voyage, told through the words of the protagonists with their letters, logs and diaries, many of which have not been previously published.

“No Shackleton library is complete without The Quest Chronicle.”

“The Quest Chronicle is a vitally important book.”

“Only once in an Antarctic moon does a book burst into the accepted narratives of the great exploration epics with sublime freshness.”

Second edition paperback published February 2023

Published in February 2023, this edition is essentially the same as the first edition, with 410 pages containing many rarely seen images, insightful footnotes, a bibliography, reference section and an extensive index.


Limited first edition published September 2022

500 copies, signed by the author and numbered
408 pages
Hard back with dust jacket
Over 100 illustrations, many rare images
Fully Indexed