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In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October, 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in the ice. 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.
Lansing describes how the men survived a 1,000-mile voyage in an open boat across the stormiest ocean on the globe and an overland trek through forbidding glaciers and mountains. The book recounts a harrowing adventure, but ultimately it is the nobility of these men and their indefatigable will that shines through.
About: Describes how twenty-eight men battled against almost insurmountable odds to return to civilization after their ship sank near the South Pole.
About: This is a thrilling account of one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded.
About: This is a thrilling account of one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded.
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