Endurance
Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Basic Books · Print & ebook · April 28, 2015
The legendary and harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackelton’s 1914 shipwreck on Antarctic ice – and how his leadership rescued his crew “One of the greatest adventure stories of our time.” –New York Times Book Review 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.
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- Who it’s for
- A brisk, engrossing account of survival under pressure, with cold so vivid it seems to creak.
- Themes
- survival, leadership, exploration
- Pacing
- Steady
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The legendary and harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackelton’s 1914 shipwreck on Antarctic ice – and how his leadership rescued his crew “One of the greatest adventure stories of our time.” –New York Times Book Review 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.
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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.
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A brisk, engrossing account of survival under pressure, with cold so vivid it seems to creak.
Come here for
- Icebound ordeal, cleanly told
- Shipboard grit and human nerve
Expect
- Narrative tension without fuss
- Practical details, not polish
Where it sits
| Adventurers & Explorers | 64% |
|---|---|
| Polar Regions History | 56% |
| Exploration & Discovery | 51% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Adventurers & Explorers
- Polar Regions History
- Exploration & Discovery
- Maritime History
- Authors
- Alfred Lansing, Nathaniel Philbrick
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Published
- April 28, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- survival · leadership · exploration
- Reading lane
- Adventurers & Explorers