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The legendary tale of Ernest Shackletons grueling Antarctic expedition recounted in riveting firstperson detail by the captain of HMS Endurance

You seriously mean to tell me that the ship is doomed asked Frank Worsley commander of the Endurance stuck impassably in Antarctic ice packs What the ice gets replied Sir Ernest Shackleton the expeditions unflappable leader the ice keeps It did not however get the ships twentyfive crew members all of whom survived an eighthundredmile voyage across sea land and ice to South Georgia the nearest inhabited island

First published in 1931 Endurance tells the full story of that doomed 19141916 expedition and incredible rescue as well as relating Worsleys further adventures fighting Uboats in the Great War sailing the equally treacherous waters of the Arctic and making one final and successful assault on the South Pole with Shackleton It is a tale of unrelenting high adventure and a tribute to one of the most inspiring and courageous leaders of men in the history of exploration