Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

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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. Throughout their journey back to the known world, I found myself holding my breath and constantly amazed at how the men could endure such trials—even attaining a level of contentment with their primitive existence. Unfortunately, his ship gets stuck in ice in the Weddel Sea, long before he reaches land, and the crew ends up spending close to a year stuck there, hoping to forge a way through the ice.

Será más importante que el viaje de ida y vuelta al Polo y considero que debe lograrlo la nación británica, pues se nos adelantaron en la conquista del Polo Norte y en la primera conquista del Polo Sur. Consider the technology that simply wasn’t available to Shackleton and his crew at that time – the limitations in respect of communication and navigation, let alone the possibility of being found and rescued in the event of an emergency, should the need arise…the technology and the possibility just didn’t exist.Nuff said I think except for the almost preternatural courage and good humor with which the enterprise was conducted. However there is an amazing documentary filmed and photographed by one of the crew on You Tube which I have linked below. I looked forward to seeing how it stacked up against all the polar exploration books I’ve read recently. This was a gripping tale, made all the more poignant because it is true, and a well-narrated treat on audible. Ernest Shackleton and 27 of his crew against all odds endure the hardship of Antarctica after The Endurance was stuck in ice.

I must have burned 1000 calories reading this one; my legs were jiggling like crazy, my fingernails were bitten to the quick, my heart was just a’going. This is a new reading of the thrilling account of one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded. I ended up skimming parts of the story because it go to be too much, but I maintain that the story is a remarkable one. I can't recommend this enough for anyone remotely interested in the power of human spirit, endurance, optimism and determination.

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. Este barco fue construido con madera de roble y abeto con un revestimiento de madera de palo verde, la mas resistente que existe. The journal entries and notes from the men involved, to which Lansing had unprecedented access, provide essential flavor to the story and increase the sense of intimacy. This book tells the story of how the expedition went wrong, and of the crew's struggle for survival.