Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
$26.32
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2000
Summary
In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men set sail for the South Atlantic on board a ship called the Endurance. The object of the expedition was to cross the Antarctic overland. In October 1915, still half a continent away from their intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in ice. For five months Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways on one of the most savage regions of the world.
This utterly gripping book, based on firsthand accounts of cre…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753809877 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753809877 |
| Author: | Alfred Lansing |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2000 |
| Weight: | 271g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 134mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Voyages Promotion |
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One of the most remarkable tales of human courage and determination. The story is gripping and the book is a classic of its kind
One of the most remarkable tales of human courage and determination. The story is gripping and the book is a classic of its kind – Sir Ranulph FiennesOne of the greatest adventure stories of our time * New York Times Book Review *A superb and very readable account of the greatest survival story of all time – Sir Chris BoningtonLansing recounts these extraordinary events in pared-down prose … The reader is spared none of the horror. On the other hand, there is beauty too, and moments of rare tranquility … [A] wonderful book - a supreme example of maintaining a frozen-stiff upper lip – Mark Sanderson * Sunday Telegraph *One of the most harrowing survival stories of all time – Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect StormTerrific * Time Out *
About The Author
Alfred Lansing
Alfred Lansing was a native of Chicago. After serving more than five years in the Navy, he enrolled at Northwestern University, Illinois and majored in journalism. Until 1949 he edited a weekly newspaper in Illinois. He then joined the United Press and in 1952 became a freelance writer. Endurance was his first book. He died in 1975.
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