Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

1959 • 270 pages

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Experience one of the greatest adventure stories of the modern age 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. With an introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick, Endurance is the definitive account of Ernest Shackleton's fateful trip. Alfred Lansing brilliantly narrates the gripping and miraculous voyage that has defined heroism for the modern age.

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Holy smokes, just read this. You won't be sorry. What an amazing read about an almost unbelievable tale.

September 24, 2019

Really epic story. I found myself audibly gasping, laughing, and cringing while reading this book. How much ice, wind, and nearly freezing water can these guys handle? Turns out... quite a bit.

December 13, 2018

Probably the best adventure book I've ever read. Couldn't put it down.

February 29, 2020

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