The Endurance
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (616 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B002VLWAOK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 122 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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J. Chambers said Text and photography tell an incredible story of survival against all odds. Before I read Caroline Alexander's gripping story of Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition, I thought the greatest story about survival at sea was Nordhoff and Hall's Men Against the Sea, the story of Lieutenant William Bligh and the eighteen men set adrift in an open boat in 1789 by the HMS Bounty mutineers. But compared to the Bounty crew, the Endurance's men had an incredibly more difficult and dangerous experience, as the author vividly describes. In addition to the text, crewman Frank Hurley's remarkable photography really brings the story to li. This is an excellent photo and text over-view of the Endurance journey and This is an excellent photo and text over-view of the Endurance journey and the associated drama that followed its sinking. The photos are the key to this version of the story, giving something to the epic that words alone cannot give. I have long been fascinated by the Endurance expedition and this book is a "must have" to complete any collection of, or visit to, this story. The fusion of multiple versions of the story gathered from many different persons and the compilation of various types of data and historic sources also make this book a unique and . "A Legendary Tale Of A Man Against All Odds" according to Martin A Hogan. In the quest to cross the Antartic Continent in 191A Legendary Tale Of A Man Against All Odds Martin A Hogan In the quest to cross the Antartic Continent in 1914, brave-hearted soul Captain Ernest Shackleton and his twenty-seven man crew set sail on a perilous, nearly deadly journey. Less than 100 miles from their destination the "Endurance" became hopelessly trapped in an ice floe; slowing breaking apart. Their ordeal of living on this drifting berg for months, only to be stranded on a solid piece of land later for nearly two years is mind-boggling.The personal accounts of the crew members daily treacherous turmoils, coupled with an undefeatable and inspired . , brave-hearted soul Captain Ernest Shackleton and his twenty-seven man crew set sail on a perilous, nearly deadly journey. Less than 100 miles from their destination the "Endurance" became hopelessly trapped in an ice floe; slowing breaking apart. Their ordeal of living on this drifting berg for months, only to be stranded on a solid piece of land later for nearly two years is mind-boggling.The personal accounts of the crew members daily treacherous turmoils, coupled with an undefeatable and inspired
Tezla describes the ice and snow with a haunting beauty but manages maintain the tension throughout, while Ruben injects character and humor into his various vocal interpretations. Narrators Michael Tezla and Martin Ruben join forces to read Caroline Alexander's extraordinary account of Sir Ernest Shackleton's improbable Antarctic adventure. (Running time: 6 hours, 4 cassettes) --Kimberly Heinrichs. Tezla narrates the text while Ruben reads diary entries from the ship's crewmembers, employing a variety of native accents. The approach effectively divides the book into listener-friendly chunks, but at times, keeping track of all 27 crewmen requires the fortitude of the explorers themselves
In August 1914, renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. Their ordeal lasted for twenty grueling months, and the group made two near-fatal attempts to escape by open boat before they were finally rescued.Drawing upon previously unavailable sources, Caroline Alexander gives us a riveting account of Shackleton's expedition. An extraordinary re-creation of the terrible beauty of Antarctica, the awful destruction of the ship, and the crew's heroic daily struggle for survival, The Endurance thrillingly describes one of the last great adventures in the brave age of exploration-perhaps the greatest of them all.. They came with in eighty-five miles of their destination when their ship, Endurance, was trapped fast in the ice pack, and the crew was stranded on the floes