Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

The astonishing saga of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's survival for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as Time magazine put it, "defined heroism." Alfred Lansing's scrupulously researched and brilliantly narrated book -- with over 200,000 copies sold -- has long been acknowledged as the definitive account of the Endurance's fateful trip. To write their authoritative story, Lansing consulted with ten of the surviving members and gained access to diaries and personal accounts by eight others. The resulting book has all the immediacy of a first-hand account, expanded with maps and illustrations especially for this edition.

Lansing writes an unbelievably compelling book about this extraordinary journey. What is amazing about Lansing's writing is that he includes terrific detail but it is absolutely NEVER boring. The time on the ship, the ice floes, the open boats, the islands are all beautifully described so that you have a detailed sense of the setting and can appreciate the gargantuan task that layed before these men. The film by Branagh doesn't even remotely come close to how amazing and exciting this story is. A must read for anyone who likes nonfiction adventure and history.

Endurance is a true story about an explorer named Ernest Shackleton who tried to cross Antarctica. While traveling to Antarctica, his ship got trapped in ice. He was stuck on the ice with his crew for months until his ship, the Endurance, was abandoned. They then lived on the ice until they attempted to escape back to civilization. They hiked across miles of ice and sailed in life boats to Deception Island. Shackleton sailed to an Island nearly 500 miles away, then crossed the islands uncharted interior by foot. Finally he stumbled into the whaling station with his two companions and sent a relief ship to the rest of his crew on Deception Island.

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This was a great book. It kept me on the edge of my seat through the entire book. The odds of the entire crew surviving was astronomical, and to think that Shackleton actually pulled off the rescue is amazing. It was a gripping story about survival. I would recommend this book to anybody who likes history, and to anybody wants to read about a truly amazing adventure.

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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage Details

• Paperback: 288 pages ( Download PDF :  )


• ISBN-10: 078670621X


• ISBN-13: 978-0786706211


• Author: Alfred Lansing


• Publisher: Basic Books; Second Edition edition (March 19, 1999)


• Language: English


• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.7 x 8.2 inches

About the Author

Alfred Lansing was a veteran journalist, who wrote for Collier's, among other magazines. Endurance is his best known work.

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