Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage to the Antarctic by Alfred Lansing, Ernest Shackleton

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage to the Antarctic

Alfred Lansing, Ernest Shackleton

288 pages first pub 1959 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced

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In December 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven men set sail from South Georgia for the South Pole aboard the Endurance, the object of their expedition to cross Antarctica overland. A month later the ship was beset in the ice of ...

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inspiring 66%
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informative 50%
challenging 31%
emotional 30%
hopeful 30%
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reflective 11%
sad 7%
mysterious 2%
funny 1%
relaxing 1%

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fast 18%

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