The Endurance, Caroline Alexander
The Endurance, Caroline Alexander
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The Endurance

Author: Caroline Alexander

Narrator: Martin Ruben, Michael Tezla

Abridged: 6 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/25/2000

Synopsis

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. 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. 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.

About Caroline Alexander

Caroline Alexander is the author of the international bestsellers The Endurance and The Bounty and, more recently, The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of the Trojan War. She is a contributing writer for National Geographic magazine and her work has also appeared in The New Yorker, Smithsonian, and Outside, among other publications. Alexander received her doctorate in classics from Columbia University and was the founder of the Department of Classics at the University of Malawi in East Africa.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vanessa on October 08, 2008

As a big fan of Alfred Lansing's version of the story, I had to read this one too. It is a worthy complement to Lansing's "Endurance" and contains a great deal more detail on some situations, interpersonal relations and the psychological impact on the men who went through this incredible experience......more

Goodreads review by George on March 23, 2022

Oh Shackleton, how inspirational you are! This book achieves the perfect balance between sweeping the story along and providing lots of details and background information. So many pictures. Very satisfying. Never has the failure of an expedition proved to be such an inspiration and a dramatic surviv......more

Goodreads review by Karen on March 09, 2022

I read this at least fifteen years ago, but the thrill remains. I sat up all night with this story, utterly enthralled at the adventure and the courage and the heart of the man. Reading news that the wreckage of the Endurance has been found.......more

Goodreads review by Miquel on November 06, 2015

I love overcoming, travel and adventure stories and for that reason I can't avoid recommending this amazing story of Caroline Alexander. "The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition," tells the real expedition of survival to Antarctica that Shackleton and his crew had to live after hi......more

Goodreads review by Philip on October 27, 2018

There have been a lot of books on the Shackleton expedition - including Alfred Lansing's 1959 classic Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage - but this is an absolutely outstanding addition to that list, for at least two excellent reasons. But first, let's just reconsider exactly what we're talki......more

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