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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

This is the story of Ernest Shackleton's 1914 trip to Antarctica where he was supposed to cross the uncharted polar landscape on foot. What happened was an even more exciting adventure than the one he had planned. His ship, the aptly named ENDURANCE, became ice-locked and was eventually crushed to pieces. For many months, Shackleton and his crew floated around on drifting ice. In time, Shackleton and a few crewmembers used a lifeboat to travel 850 nautical miles to find rescue.


Plot & Themes
Exploring/Searching... - north/sole pole
Outdoors story Yes
Exploring: - surviving in outdoors
Period of greatest activity? - 1900+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - British

Setting
Ice Caps/Sea? Yes
Where? - Ocean - South Pole
Water? Yes
Water: - sail boat - lost at sea

Writing Style
Book makes you feel? - challenged
Pictures/Illustrations? - More 6-10 B&W
How much dialogue in bio? - little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 0-25% of book
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