Endurance, F.A. Worsley
Endurance, F.A. Worsley
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Endurance
An Epic of Polar Adventure

Author: F.A. Worsley

Narrator: Michael Page

Unabridged: 9 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/21/2023


Synopsis

The legendary tale of Ernest Shackleton's grueling Antarctic expedition, recounted in riveting first-person detail by the captain of HMS Endurance.

"You seriously mean to tell me that the ship is doomed?" asked Frank Worsley, commander of the Endurance, stuck impassably in Antarctic ice packs. "What the ice gets," replied Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition's unflappable leader, "the ice keeps." It did not, however, get the ship's twenty-five crew members, all of whom survived an eight-hundred-mile voyage across sea, land, and ice to South Georgia, the nearest inhabited island.

First published in 1931, Endurance tells the full story of that doomed 1914-1916 expedition and incredible rescue, as well as relating Worsley's further adventures fighting U-boats in the Great War, sailing the equally treacherous waters of the Arctic, and making one final (and successful) assault on the South Pole with Shackleton. It is a tale of unrelenting high adventure and a tribute to one of the most inspiring and courageous leaders of men in the history of exploration.

About F.A. Worsley

A native New Zealander, F. A. Worsley served as a reserve officer in the Royal Navy before becoming captain of the Endurance. He commanded two ships in World War I, for which he was decorated, sailed with Shackleton again in 1921, and in 1925 was the joint leader of the British Arctic Exploration. Worsley died in 1943.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Annalee on March 07, 2017

Loved this! I have always been fascinated by Ernest Shackleton, especially since he lived for a stint in the house I lived in in London. SO interesting.......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on November 14, 2010

A good supplement to the Lansing book. He adds more details regarding the environment and animals as well as recounting Shackleton’s death.......more

Goodreads review by Howard on March 30, 2022

Upon learning that researchers had discovered, this month, the wreck of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance below the ice of Antarctica, I became curious about what brought it to that frozen death. I found this book in the library and was enthralled by the adventure depicted. The book is not fine literatu......more

Goodreads review by Der-shing on August 26, 2012

Fantastic. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. I wish I'd read it 10 years ago... hell, 20 years ago even, just to give single-digits me something to think about. Incredible details, charming vignettes, and most of all a sense of camaraderie and respect for one's peers that I feel is just as......more

Goodreads review by Chris M.H on December 03, 2019

I think I would like to be one of these men; especially perhaps the author and Captain of the Endurance, Frank Worsley with his impeccable navigating skills, writing ability and love for his fellow man. In everything that is described in this book, with the chance encounter at the onset of the explor......more