Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

by Daniel Mann

n 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

63 pages, Paperback

Published March 16, 2022

Reviews

[Lynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[GirlOnTheCheckerboard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Phenomenal writing, strong literary presence and structure. I appreciated the story of human will and triumph, in the most brutal conditions, and with the least possible chance of survival. A feat they survived and this novel has a beautiful way of telling us. I loved it!

[Fiona Reenan · Rating 5 out of 5]

The next phase of the ship book era

[Dee Monroe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Survivor genre book. Well written. Captivating and inspiring.