In the Grip of the Ice by Doraine Bennett

They say we are headed to the cruelest place in the world, but the Boss says it’s the last great challenge in the last place on earth. When teenager Perce Blackboro first heard about Ernest Shackleton’s planned expedition to Antarctica, he wanted to be a part of it. The Boss passed him over because he was too young, but that didn’t deter young Perce. He snuck onto the ship as a stowaway with the help of a friend, a member of the crew. Little did he know that when he climbed into that locker, the voyage on which he was embarking would be a fight for survival on one of the greatest expeditions in history. Told from the perspective of the Endurance’s stowaway and interspersed with accounts from their valiant leader Shackleton, this novel in verse communicates the longing, fear, and courage of the intrepid men who survived the Endurance’s harrowing journey and found their way home.