Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
by Alfred Lansing
First Published: 1959
6 Copies & Reading Guide
The astonishing saga of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s survival for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as Time magazine put it, “defined heroism.” Alfred Lansing’s scrupulously researched and brilliantly narrated book has long been acknowledged as the definitive account of the Endurance’s fateful trip. To write their authoritative story, Lansing consulted with ten of the surviving members and gained access to diaries and personal accounts by eight others. The resulting book has all the immediacy of a first-hand account, expanded with maps and illustrations.
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Book Club Queen – Nonfiction Book Club Discussion Questions
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Reviews:
Goodreads – Find out what fellow readers think of Endurance.
Video Book Review – Includes historical images by LoveMattersMost on Youtube.
On the Web:
NOVA Online – Shackleton’s Voyage of Endurance
American Museum of Natural History – The Endurance Exhibit
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