Bibliograph

Endurance, Shackleton's incredible voyage, Alfred Lansing

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Endurance, Shackleton's incredible voyage, Alfred Lansing

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Endurance

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

769344165

Responsibility statement

Alfred Lansing

Sub title

Shackleton's incredible voyage

Summary

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 -- with over 200,000 copies sold -- 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

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