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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
Best Sellers Rank: #1,378 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Arctic & Antarctica History #1 in Expeditions & Discoveries World History (Books) #3 in Traveler & Explorer Biographies
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Customers find this book to be an incredible story of perseverance and leadership, particularly praising Shackleton’s decisiveness and determination. The writing is well-crafted with a low-key style, and the book is meticulously researched with interesting perspectives. Moreover, customers describe it as a fast-paced read that will chill them to the bone, with one customer noting how the details of emotions and struggle make the narrative more profound.
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