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This is one of the very best "adventure" stories of all time. You can not possibly go wrong buying this book if you have any interest at all in adventure books. I have read several books on this subject. This one, in my opinion, is the best.
Amazingly, not a single member of Shackleton's crew was lost.This is a absorbing look at the conditions and hardships faced by the crew: sub-zero temperatures, starvation, frightful storms, unstable ice and hostile seas, and in the end they had to rescue themselves as there was no way to alert the outside world of their plight and they'd been assumed lost. Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition planned to be the first to cross the continent of Antarctica. In 1914 the British ship Endurance set out for the Antarctic. But it's not all doom and gloom as the best part of the story is the amazing fortitude of the men and their will to survive. Instead, he and his men found themselves trapped in the frozen sea and eventually had to abandon the ship as it was crushed by the ice. They spent well over a year drifting on ice flows and braving the rigors of the Weddell Sea and Drake Passage, surviving some of the most inhospitable and savage places in the world. There were times of intense suffering and intense boredom told with excerpts from the diaries the men kept. They may not have made their destination or accomplished their goal but their survival was an incredible achievement by itself and makes for an interesting story.
I highly recommend this book. A friend recommended this book and I was riveted as I read it. This story of leadership and survival was unbelievable. You will be amazed at this story of courage and endurance. I kept reading it out load to my wife as it was almost unimaginable what they did and survived.
Surrounded by all our modern technology, modern civilized man is probably not capable of "enduring" such a physical and mental epic. "ENDURANCE", what a tale. It is hard to imagine a modern group of men from the civilized world enduring such an adventure. Modern technology would not allow the "Endurance" epic to unfold, the crew would be rescued within hours. Ernest Shackleton's tough physical and mental leadership would serve him well as a whale of a team leader in one of our modern professional sports leagues.Nevada BookWorm
Fascinating story which is very well written. It's a testement to the sheer heroism and the sheer willpower to survive that these men survived well over a year on the most remote region of the planet. The willpower of these men, especially Shackleton, cannot be surpassed. By no rights should these men have survived and yet not a single man died. A very good story and very well written. Highly recommended.
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