‘One of the most remarkable tales of human courage and determination. ISBN 9780753809877 Purchase this product now and earn 39 Points! The story is gripping and the book is a classic’ Sir Ranulph Fiennes

‘Superb, the greatest survival story of all time’ Sir Chris Bonington

This utterly gripping book, based on first-hand accounts of crew members and interviews with survivors, describes how the men survived, how they lived together in camps on the ice for 17 months until they reached land, how they were attacked by sea leopards, the diseases which they developed, and the indefatigability of the men and their lasting civility towards one another in the most adverse conditions conceivable. For five months Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways on one of the most savage regions of the world. In October 1915, still half a continent away from their intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in ice. The object of the expedition was to cross the Antarctic overland. In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men set sail for the South Atlantic on board a ship called the Endurance. 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.Adventure, shipwreck, storms and survival on the high seas.ĮNDURANCE is the story of one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded. 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 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men set sail for the South Atlantic on board. Thus began the legendary ordeal of Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven men. Endurance: Shackletons Incredible Voyage. 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. of Ernest Shackletons fateful trip, Alfred Lansing brilliantly narrates the. In 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. Thus began the legendary ordeal of Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven. Description Experience one of the greatest adventure stories of the modern age in this New York Times bestseller: the harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole. For five months, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways in one of the most savage regions of the world.

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