Endurance is conquest. The true feat of Shackleton's expedition was his voyage to save his men. The 800-mile journey has been called the greatest voyage ever, because of the seamanship, to be sure, but also because it arose unexpectedly, and so was a test of human reflexes and the adjustment of human intelligence. Since Shackleton put the lives of his men first, it was a display of moral intelligence. But this ocean journey showed the other stuff that people are made of.
Endurance is conquest.
They could not know if Shackleton would ever be able to return their lives to them. Yet he came back. I'm Roger Rosenblatt. All Rights Reserved.