Endurance, Deluxe Ed
Books | History / Polar Regions
4.5
Alfred Lansing
In December 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven men set sail from South Georgia for the South Pole aboard the Endurance, the object of their expedition to cross Antarctica overland. A month later the ship was beset in the ice of the Weddell Sea, just outside the Antarctic Circle. Temperatures dropped to 35 degrees Celsius below zero. Ice-moored, the Endurance drifted northwest for ten months before it was finally crushed. The ordeal, however, had barely begun. Now illustrated with expedition photographer Frank Hurley's breathtaking images of the crew, the wildlife, the stark beauty of the land and terrors of the sea at every stage of this grueling adventure, Alfred Lansing's already compelling narrative assumes even more staggering dramatic power in its depiction of the heroic endurance of Shackleton and his twenty-seven indefatigably courageous men.
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Author
Alfred Lansing
Pages
288
Publisher
Basic Books
Published Date
2000-10-30
ISBN
0786708425 9780786708420
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"Fascinating! The story of the Endurance and its miraculous crew is nothing short of amazing! Well written. Much of the information gathered was taken directly from the crew’s own personal diaries they kept while at sea, and the photographs are actual pictures taken by their personal photographer. The best adventure story I’ve read so far. Highly recommend! #history #adventure #polar_explorer #survival "
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