Endurance
Author: Alfred Lansing Genre: Non-fiction Traits: Adventure, Tragedy Language: English Click here to be redirected to BUY 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. In January 1915, after battling its way through a thousand miles of pack ice, the Endurance became locked in an island of ice, it was finally crushed between two ice floes. With no options left, Shackleton and a crew attempted a near-impossible journey to the closest outpost of civilization. The book starts with a brief introduction of all the characters, and how the Endurance set sail despite all the political dramas during World War I. The onward journey till the ship was beset has been covered in a relatively small section, where the author has touched upon the life onboard, the previous attempts to Antarctica, and covered in a dramatic way of how the shipw...