Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
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Author
Author
Alfred Lansing / Альфред Лансинг
Dimension
Dimension
134x197mm (5,3'x7,8')
ISBN
ISBN
9780753809877
Format
Format
Paperback
Language
Language
English
Page Count
Page Count
304
Publisher
Publisher
Orion
Year of book publication
Year of book publication
2003
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Adventure, shipwreck, storms and survival on the high seas.
Discover the truth about ENDURANCE in this superb true story of adventure, shipwreck, storms and survival on the high seas.
'Superb ... the greatest survival story of all time' Sir Chris Bonington
'One of the most remarkable tales of human courage and determination. The story is gripping and the book is a classic' Sir Ranulph Fiennes
ENDURANCE is the story of one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded. In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men set sail for the South Atlantic on board a ship called the Endurance. The object of the expedition was to cross the Antarctic overland. In October 1915, still half a continent away from their intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in ice.
For five months Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways on one of the most savage regions of the world. This utterly gripping book, based on first-hand accounts of crew members and interviews with survivors, describes how the men survived, how they lived together in camps on the ice for 17 months until they reached land, how they were attacked by sea leopards, the diseases which they developed, and the indefatigability of the men and their lasting civility towards one another in the most adverse conditions conceivable.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Author:Alfred Lansing - Альфред Лансинг
Publisher:Orion
Language:English
Publication Date:2003
Number of pages:304 pst
Format:Paperback
Width:134 mm / 5,3'
Height:197 mm / 7,8'
Weight:271 g
ISBN:9780753809877