Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

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I mention this because Lansing's book was originally published in 1959, but didn't become a bestseller until decades later when a publisher who was a fan decided to reprint it. Lansing seamlessly incorporates diary entries from the men, giving us incredible insight to the men's personal feelings. The story of the Endurance expedition is one of incredible resilience and human endurance—both physical and psychological.

The heart of this journey was Ernest Shackleton himself, a man who led quietly and competently and never despaired; a man who showed great care and concern for his men and made tough decisions without looking backward; and a man who never gave up his faith or tenacity in the face of unbelievable odds. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, is a 1959 book written by Alfred Lansing, about the failure of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton, in its attempt to cross the Antarctic continent in 1914.

This book tells the story of how the expedition went wrong, and of the crew's struggle for survival. It took less than a month before the ship succumbed to its watery grave, but Shackleton's crew had already abandoned hope of accomplishing their original goal. Just last year, the wreck of the Endurance was discovered nearly 10,000 feet underwater in the Weddell Sea. I whine when the air conditioner goes out on a hot day, or the power goes out, leaving me with no lights or stove upon which to cook.

Endurance’ is Alfred Lansing’s very thorough, workmanlike but effective and affecting – at times moving account of Shackleton’s ‘Incredible Voyage to the Antarctic’. He relies heavily on first person accounts and the many diaries kept by the crew to lend the narrative credibility. Todos los esfuerzos de salir de esa prisión fueron en vano, después de meses intentándolo, la naturaleza engulló el barco.

This has become one of the epic small boat voyages of all time, but it was to be the end of August before the remaining survivors could be rescued from Elephant Island.

Even this part is nerve-wracking, as the crew offloaded all the provisions they could while the ship was literally groaning and bursting inward. Once the ice floes begin to break up, the men set out for the South Shetland Islands in two small boats, eventually landing on Elephant Island. Después de que el noruego Roald Amundsen llegara al polo sur en 1911, quedó un vacío para las conquistas del hombre en la tierra. After the Endurance was crushed by ice, the explorers attempted to drag their two remaining ships across the ice.One man experienced a heart attack while another underwent primitive surgery to amputate toes afflicted with gangrene. In the end this is one of the most harrowing stories of survival I've ever read it's just incredible, crazy good. He tells the story without hyperbole or excess melodrama and lets the reality of the tale provide all of the drama and tension. Eventually, Shackleton and his crew are forced to abandon the ship lest they be crushed by the ice, along with their ship.