description: A glorious failure, Ernest Shackleton's attempt to become the first to cross Antarctica on foot turned into one of the all-time survival stories. Weaving a tortuous path through the freezing Weddel Sea, Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven came within eighty-five miles of their destination when their ship, ENDURANCE, was trapped fast in the ice pack. Soon the ship was crushed like matchwood, leaving the crew stranded on the floes. Thus began the precarious retreat to civilization, highlighted by Shackleton's 800-mile voyage in an open lifeboat across the world's stormiest sea to South Georgia Island. Drawing upon previously unavailable sources, Caroline Alexander gives us an unflinching account of Shackleton's expedition - recreating the terrible beauty of Antarctica, the awful destruction of the ship, and the crew's heroic struggle to stay alive.
title: The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
titlecomplete: The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
genres: Biography, Photography, History, Science, Survival, Historical, Leadership, Nonfiction, Travel, Adventure
ratings_count: 20697
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Audie Award
category: Nonfiction, Abridged, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: ALA Alex Award
publisher: Books on Tape