Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

357 pages first pub 1959 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced

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The harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole, one of the greatest adventure stories of the modern age. In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Anta...

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adventurous 94%
inspiring 66%
tense 59%
informative 50%
challenging 31%
emotional 30%
hopeful 30%
dark 19%
reflective 11%
sad 7%
mysterious 2%
funny 1%
relaxing 1%

Pace

medium 57%
slow 24%
fast 18%

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