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Book SynopsisDiscover 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 in
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One of the most remarkable tales of human courage and determination. The story is gripping and the book is a classic of its kind -- Sir Ranulph Fiennes
A superb and very readable account of the greatest survival story of all time -- Sir Chris Bonington
One of the most harrowing survival stories of all time -- Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm
