What a company of men, led by a resolute and ultimately fair individual, can do is astonishing ... and inspires hope (and humility). There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. What Queen was that then? Thus began two years of chilly misfortune, met by the crew's perseverance, and conveyed by Alexander in an elegant, subdued manner: The eerie portents of the ice close ever tighter around the Endurance, the helpless, hopeless, endless days follow one another on the ice pack, and finally Shackleton makes an outrageous bid to reach South Georgia Island, 900 miles distant, in one of the abandoned mother ship's small boatsthrough a hurricane, no less. But with the distance of time and an excellent narrator in Alexander, the epic achieves its stature. I will read it periodically when I need my faith in true leadership restored. Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who attempted to reach the South Pole. Mostly not very well. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Much, much more than I had anticipated. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. It developed after Shackleton, who came within 100 miles of being the first man to reach the South Pole in 1909, organized his new quest for glory. See the Kenneth Branagh film, watch South, read the diaries and the commentaries but please look at Frank Hurley's poignant and technically perfect photographs which have been printed so beautifully in this book. A glorious failure, Ernest Shackleton's attempt to become the first transcontinental trekker of Antarctica turned into one of the all-time survival stories in the annals of adventure. if you love the Shackleton Expedition then I recommend this book highly! Many had never been published. Though space and publishing would not allow inclusion of all available photos, one flaw might be that the author was not able to include more photos. Throughout the grueling ordeal, Shackleton and his men show what endurance and greatness are all about. "Matt | … Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition: The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton's Polar-Bound Cat by Caroline Alexander | Mar 24, 1999 4.4 out of 5 stars 56 This book is a great introduction to Shackleton's story. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 10, 2011. The account successfully reveals the seldom-seen domestic world of expedition life--the singsongs, feasts, lectures, camaraderie--so that when the hardships set in, we know these people beyond the stereotypical guise of mere explorers and long for their safety. 1), South Lib/E: A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage, South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917, Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. We learn, for instance, that carpenter and shipwright Henry McNish, or "Chippy," was "neither sweet-tempered nor tolerant," and that Mrs. Chippy, his cat, was "full of character." It's found a permanent home on my bookshelf, never to be lent, but always recommended. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Instead, it got stuck in ice in the Weddell Sea, abode of 200-mile-per-hour winds and 100-degree-below-zero temperatures. A wonderful way to negate boredom in a long car journey and a CD to listen to over and over. Author tour. South the Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-17, The Heart of the Antarctic: The Farthest South Expedition, 1907-1909, South: Journals of His Last Expedition to Antarctica, South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-17, The Heart of the Antarctic: The Story of the British Antartic Expedition 1907-1909, South, The Endurance Expedition (Patagonia, vol. It was July, midwinter in Antarctica, and the darkness of the long polar night had been upon them for many weeks. For example, in Britain, Scotland and Yorkshire became seed-growing regions and seed potatoes were produced by specialist growers and a trade in seed tubers was established. Shackleton and his crew of 27 set out to sea on his boat Endurance on August 8th, 1914. The one I read was Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, by Alfred Lansing, and it was excellent. The unparalleled adventure and ordeal of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew, stranded on the Antarctic ice for 20 months beginning January 20, 1915, then forced to row a 22-foot boat 850 miles across Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, No Import Fees Deposit & $9.48 Shipping to Singapore. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The information has been brought together from diaries of Shackleton and his crew. A Legendary Adventure Written so we can feel the pain, Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2018. She has also written four novels for adults. Aside from actually being there, these 50 adventure books offer readers the chance to experience some of history's great adventures. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Sometimes, the little ship would quiver and groan in response, her wooden timbers straining as the pressure from millions of tons of ice, set in motion by some faraway disturbance, at last reached her resting place and nipped at her resilient sides. I found this to be a great addtion to a Shackleton/Endurance collection. The story is unreal and this treatment of the adventure is my favorite. (Nov.) FYI: The Endurance is being published in association with the American Museum of Natural History, which in March 1999 will open an exhibit, curated by Alexander, chronicling Shackleton's voyage. Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2014. Everest Disaster. Incredible true life-threatening adventure, Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2019. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Some of the survival actions required are graphic. The second book in the Kate Shackleton series finds the private investigator probing three different interwoven cases. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. I read the entire thing in one sitting, read it thru the night like I was binge watching some Netflix! Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2020. I was also surprised by the reference by the narrator to the party raising a glass and saying God Save The Queen, in 1914 !! It really is a pity when a truely excellent book is produced by an incompetent publisher who has not provided a table of contents or an index both items that are essential in a book such as this. See all formats and editions. Kate isn’t alone. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Learn more about Shackleton’s life … : The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917, The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty. The Heroic Age was coming to a close when Sir Ernest Shackleton took off in pursuit of one of exploration's last prizes: the crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. Updated hourly. I have long been fascinated by the Endurance expedition and this book is a "must have" to complete any collection of, or visit to, this story. The photos are the key to this version of the story, giving something to the epic that words alone cannot give. Most skillfully Alexander constructs the expedition's character through its personalities--the cast of veteran explorers, scientists, and crew--with aid from many previously unavailable journals and documents. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. I was born at home in Texarkana, Texas on May 25, 1935.Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president and the nation was recovering from the great depression.My earliest and fondest memories were of summer days spent at my aunt Dot Musgrove's farm on Summerhill Road a few miles outside Texarkana. First published in 1959, and a bestseller ever since, Alfred Lansing's Endurance is not only the best of the many books about Shackleton's famous 1915 expedition, it is also one of the best - and most popular - adventure books ever written. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 19, 2016. The Heart of the Antarctic, Vol. I've read a number of books about the legendary Ernest Shackelton, same story but written in different styles. Read 484 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Ernest Shackleton, the fearless Antarctic adventurer. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. On a positive note the story does build steadily towards the party finding safety on Elephant Island, and then the James Caird journey and finally the trek over South Georgia and the eventual rescue. They are difficult for me to read. When Ernest Shackleton was young, he longed for a life of adventure. One of the three men spoke. Quite a snapshot of the times, as well. In 1914, Shackleton sailed to Antarctica with 27 men in hopes of being the first human to transverse the continent. Potato yields and quality are certainly best when crops are planted with high-quality disease-free seed tubers. I recommend it 100%. Hide other formats and editions. Sir Ernest Shackleton was one of the most known polar explorers of his day. It's out there. Endurance, The Greatest Adventure Story Ever Told — Alfred Lansing No list of books regarding Antarctic adventures would be complete without a mention of Ernest … You will wonder at the predicament and cringe at the odds ...and then marvel at what ... and how ... they overcome them. Alexander reveals Shackleton as an inspiring optimist, "a leader who put his men first." It headed south toward Antarctica, where famed British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton hoped to lead the first crossing of the Antarctic continent on foot. Published in conjunction with an exhibition about the expedition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, this book occupies a prize spot in the already abundant literature of polar exploration. Weaving a treacherous path through the freezing Weddell Sea, they had come within eighty-five miles of their destination when their ship, Endurance, was trapped fast in the ice pack. Directed by George Butler. This is an incredibly informative book, easy to read, very interesting and the photographs are amazing. However, I was disappointed that there was an American narrator, and that it seemed that one other support narrator tried to do voices from diary entries for Englishmen, Scotsmen, Irishmen and Antipodeans. Had to get a larger format. South! Melding superb research and the extraordinary expedition photography of Frank Hurley. These items are shipped from and sold by different sellers. The mystery in this book is a little more complex and far-reaching. I love the story, and I think the author did a good job fitting the story to an introductory, younger audience. I still can't believe this was so cheap! Shackleton didn't expect his men to do anything he wasn't willing to do and under grueling circumstances, didn't lose one of them despite living through an arctic winter. The Endurance is simply excellently told, and with captivating photography. Alexander, relying extensively on journals by crew members, some never published, as well as on myriad other sources, delivers a spellbinding story of human courage (and occasional venality) in the face of daunting odds. The captain of the ship, Frank Worsley, would remember the day vividly ever afterward. So I went home and bought my own copy. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Such firsthand descriptions, paired with 170 of Frank Hurley's intimate photographs, which are comprehensively assembled here for the first time, penetrate the hulls of the Endurance and these tough men. Accompanying the expedition, luckily, was photographer James Hurley, who was to chronicle the exploit visually both for scientific purposes and entertainment value. This is a book for our time, showing by example what true leadership looks like. The unparalleled adventure and ordeal of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew, stranded on the Antarctic ice for 20 months beginning January 20, 1915, then forced to row a 22-foot boat 850 miles across storm-ravaged seas, has inspired at least three marvelous books: Shackleton's own memoir, South; Alfred Lansing's bestselling Endurance; and this stirring account by Alexander (The Way to Xanadu). Instead of landing as planned, his ship, The saga of the Endurance and her crewShackleton's Antarctic fiasco turned heroic melodramais discovered anew through the expeditions previously unpublished photos and Alexander's (The Way to Xanadu, 1994, etc.) Great pictures etc. This book, as well as being a tribute to the explorer, was a practical effort to assist his family; Shackleton died some £40,000 in debt (equivalent to £2,200,324 in 2019) A further initiative was the establishment of a Shackleton Memorial Fund, which was used to assist the … Shackleton was a great leader and deserved better than what he got from the world. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2014. 1: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909 (Classic Reprint) by Ernest Henry Shackleton | 14 Mar 2019. Hurley's photos chronicling the ordeal are astonishing. Not one of the men died during their sojourn in a freezing hell; as Alexander makes clear in her gripping, emotionally resonant book, this incredible fact bears witness not only to Shackleton's leadership but to the strength of the human spirit. Endurance, Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing, Narrated by Simon Prebble, Blackstone Audio Book This is an incredible account of a December, 1914, British Antarctic expedition of 28 men and their venture to sail to the Weddell Sea. Victoria McKernan is the acclaimed author of The Devil’s Paintbox and Shackleton’s Stowaway, a historical novel for young adults about the 18-year-old stowaway on Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 expedition to the South Pole. Soon the ship was crushed like matchwood, leaving the crew stranded on the floes. The hardships were imaginable. Something went wrong. (Annotated): The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 Please try again. I was stunned the first time I read it ... and, it has been a re-read every year, twice a year (at least once per hot summer and every cold January) since that first page turner. Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2013. " One of the best books on Shackleton and leadership in general- re-read all the time an use the principles daily on the job "Brenda | 10/9/2012" Great book on leadership, but I wish it had a few more exciting/gory details about Shackleton's Endurance expedition. The Endurance is a most intimate portrait of an expedition and of survival. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 2, 2014. The Endurance by Caroline Alexander is a non fiction book about an explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew as they try to become the first explorers to cross Antarctica on foot. Please try your request again later. #4 South: Journals of His Last Expedition to Antarctica Ernest Shackleton 4.4 out of 5 stars 723 Hard…