Product Description

Based upon Shackleton's diaries and writings, this work gives the reader an insight into the appalling conditions that the author and his party endured when the Endurance lay trapped in sea ice and they were forced to march 600 miles across unstable sea ice.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1700406 in Books
• Published on: 1999-11-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

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Customer Reviews

Literally Chilling!
My good friend Antonia Martin just gave me this book for my birthday. Antonia, you are an absolute Treasure!

I have become fascinated with the Shackleton story, not only for the awesome testament to dogged determination to succeed in the face of seemingly daunting odds that it is, but because apparently my Grandfather knew him quite well and worked on the planning of the journey back in London. Somewhere we have a signed original of the book from 1919 amongst Mother's belongings, back in England.

This is a bone chilling visual and literary step by aching step trudge through the most inhospitable place on Earth. As the Endurance, their ship, died so their own endurance was born. And what an endurance that was!

As my eyes wander the pages in the warm comfort of bed my mind is wind-whipped by the Antarctic blasts Shackleton and his team ultimately survived! It is quite simply one of the most amazing stories it has ever been my pleasure to absorb. I am in awe of the achievement described and pictured in this book.

Everybody should read it!

Excellent book with pictures
I'm rather obsessed with Antarctic exploration at the moment, and reading material is harder to come by than I had first anticipated. This book has many good pictures and lots of diary entries, etc, from Shakleton and others. Well worth it.

An amazing story of human perseverance and courage
This is a book which once started is hard to put down! Venturing into possibly the most unwelcoming area on Earth, Shackleton and his team faced the most overwhelming difficulties in trying to make mankind's first crossing of the Antarctic continent. Although they failed to achieve their aim, most of the party survived against incredible odds.

The book has a host of excellent photos, and the comments added to Shackelton's text by editor Peter King are very helpful. Unfortunately the maps are rather short on detail, so a good atlas is useful to have on hand.

Shackleton's story is a powerful illustration of the wisdom of the maxim "Never give up."