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Title: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Audio Editions) by Alfred Lansing, Tim Pigott-Smith ISBN: 1-57270-290-7 Publisher: The Audio Partners Pub. Date: December, 2002 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 5 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.78 (327 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: ulitmate worst case scenario handbook
Comment: Just when you thought it couldn't get worse, it would. Thoroughly enjoyed every bit of the book and strongly recommend it to others. Learned an amazing amount about arctic exploration in an easy to read and follow format. Awesome.
Rating: 5
Summary: Truly amazing!
Comment: Endurance is a true story about an explorer named Ernest Shackleton who tried to cross Antarctica. While traveling to Antarctica, his ship got trapped in ice. He was stuck on the ice with his crew for months until his ship, the Endurance, was abandoned. They then lived on the ice until they attempted to escape back to civilization. They hiked across miles of ice and sailed in life boats to Deception Island. Shackleton sailed to an Island nearly 500 miles away, then crossed the islands uncharted interior by foot. Finally he stumbled into the whaling station with his two companions and sent a relief ship to the rest of his crew on Deception Island.
This was a great book. It kept me on the edge of my seat through the entire book. The odds of the entire crew surviving was astronomical, and to think that Shackleton actually pulled off the rescue is amazing. It was a gripping story about survival. I would recommend this book to anybody who likes history, and to anybody wants to read about a truly amazing adventure.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fab!
Comment: Excellent reading. I am an avid reader (about one book a week) and this certainly ranks near the top of what I've read this year. I was first turned on to the general subject after reading "The Worst Journey in the World," the story of Scott's ill fated South Pole expedition. Although I found that book a little long winded, there was no doubting the passion, courage, and emotions of the setting.
I found Lansing's book to be a very easy read mixing just the right amount of detail and back story. Although you do not get a good picture of all 27 survivors, you do get a strong picture of the dozen or so key men. That would be the only fault in this narrative, but I suppose there are other sources to get the whole shabang. I would have like to have seen a "where are they now" sort of afterword, but nonetheless, the story is a solid, adventurous, unbelievable exhibit of man against nature and will against calamity.
The story is very easy to follow. It has perhaps one of the greatest opening lines to a book ever "The order to abandon ship was given at 5:00 p.m." It is a real page turner.
Highly recommended reading. I don't think I will ever utter the words "I'm freezing" or "I'm starving" again.
Also, you must rent/buy the Enurance DVD narrated by Liam Neeson. This is an amazing DVD. Besides the beautiful tale that Lansing has brough to us, the only thing more amazing is to see the actual pictures and movie footage taken by Hurley (one of the survivors). Some of the shots are simply breathtaking. The DVD is the cherry on top.
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Title: South: A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage by Ernest Henry Shackleton, Sir Ernest Shackleton ISBN: 0786705973 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Endurance : Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander ISBN: 0375404031 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 03 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title:Shackleton - The Greatest Survival Story of All Time (3-Disc Collector's Edition) ASIN: B000063TON Publisher: A & E Home Video Pub. Date: 09 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $17.96 |
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Title: Shackleton's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antartic Explorer by Margot Morrell, Stephanie Capparell, Alexandra Shackleton ISBN: 0142002364 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz ISBN: 1558216847 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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