Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
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Experience “one of the best adventure books ever written” (Wall Street Journal) in this New York Times bestseller: the harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole.
In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In January 1915, after battling its way through a thousand miles of pack ice and only a day’s sail short of its destination, the Endurance became locked in an island of ice. Thus began the legendary ordeal of Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven men. When their ship was finally crushed between two ice floes, they attempted a near-impossible journey over 850 miles of the South Atlantic’s heaviest seas to the closest outpost of civilization.
In Endurance, the definitive account of Ernest Shackleton’s fateful trip, Alfred Lansing brilliantly narrates the harrowing and miraculous voyage that has defined heroism for the modern age.
From the Publisher
Publisher : Basic Books
Publication date : April 28, 2015
Language : English
Print length : 357 pages
ISBN-10 : 0465062881
ISBN-13 : 978-0465062881
Item Weight : 14.4 ounces
Dimensions : 5.45 x 1.3 x 8.25 inches
Customers say
Customers consider this book one of the greatest adventure stories, praising its riveting details and well-researched content. Moreover, the writing style is easy to read, and customers find it a fantastic example of leadership, particularly highlighting Shackleton’s leadership and decisiveness. Additionally, the narrative maintains a rapid pace, with customers finishing it in a week, and they appreciate its emotional depth, describing it as heart-wrenching.
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