Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

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If you don't know much about Shackleton's expedition, this is the book that elevated Shackleton's reputation above that of Robert Scott and made him a British national hero. He had missed out on being the first to reach the South Pole during his second expedition to Antarctica; that was Roald Amuldsen's accomplishment in 1911. Tanto si conoces la historia como si no, vas a disfrutar de un libro épico donde los límites humanos se ponen a prueba.

And it's not even close to what happened to Ernest Shackleton and his crew during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914. Pumping was barely able to keep pace, and with the next surge in pressure beams broke and decks buckled, and the rudder as torn free. If you think I reached the end of this adventure without getting a little misty-eyed, you would be wrong. An American journalist who wrote for Collier's, among other magazines and was later an editor for Time, Inc.

I enjoyed every page of this book, and as I always say when I have finished such an historical account, I need to read more non-fiction!

Endurance by Alfred Lansing, its 1914 and the story of Shackleton’s incredible rescue is highly lauded in exploration circles. Holy persevering manliness Batman, I was wincing, shuddering and cringing just reading about this ordeal from the creaturey comfort of my toasty, warm bed while maintaining a glass of wine within reaching distance.La expedición de Shackleton consistía en acercarse al continente antártico por el mar de Weddell hasta la bahía de Vashel (zona tierra de fuego) para cruzar por el polo sur hasta el mar de Ross junto al glaciar Beardmore (zona austral). Saving your own skin in a difficult situation could be admirable resourcefulness, but it's not the best illustration of heroism.

During the spring break-up of ice, the surface below their tents spontaneously fissured and sleeping men plunged into the frigid waters. There are parts of the tale that are long and drawn out, but the tedium is a brilliant reflection of the brutal months the expedition team spent trapped in the pack ice. The story of Shackleton’s Antarctic voyage and that of the crew of the ‘Endurance’ is quite simply inspirational; it is a monumental story on a par with that of Odysseus. Ernest Shackleton and 27 of his crew against all odds endure the hardship of Antarctica after The Endurance was stuck in ice.Only those who have experienced it can fully appreciate what it means to be without the sun day after day and week after week. about the unpredictable nature of ice floes, the capriciousness of the ocean, what keeps people alive against all odds, how one finds one's way in the middle of nowhere before GPS on phones, and how human hope clings to the thinnest of threads.