![]() Endurance: How to Cycle Further, by Mark Beaumont with Laura Penhaul, with a Foreword by GCN presenter Si Richardson. 27, 1915), the location of the men's journey on the moving ice floe, and the final 100 mile stretch where the men took three small boats to Elephant Island to land on. 19, 1915) in ice, the location where Endurance was crushed and therefore abandoned (Oct. ![]() This utterly gripping book, based on firsthand accounts of crew members and interviews with survivors, describes how the men survived, how they lived together in camps on the ice for 17 months until they reached land, how they were attacked by sea leopards, had to kill their beloved dogs whom they could no longer feed, the diseases which they developed (an operation to amputate the foot of one member of the crew was carried out on the ice), and the extraordinary indefatigability of the men and their lasting civility towards one another in the most adverse conditions conceivable. The book clearly shows that a reasonable investment, whether in training or nutrition or positive thinking or basic preparation, can yield truly rich results in our lifetime’s experiences. The book has two maps, the first tracking the location where Endurance was trapped (Jan. For five months Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways on one of the most savage regions of the world. The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition: Alexander, Caroline: 9780375404030: : Books Books Arts & Photography Photography & Video Try Prime and start saving today with Fast, FREE Delivery Buy new: 20.99 List Price: 38.00 Details Save: 17. In October 1915, still half a continent away from their intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in ice. The object of the expedition was to cross the Antarctic overland. The New York Times Book Review Horse isn’t just an animal storyit’s a moving narrative about race and art.TIME A thrilling story about humanity in all its ugliness and beauty. Dahlmas first book, The Daughters of the Stone introduced us to one of the minor characters that now has a major role in A Woman of Endurance. A very intriguing and well-researched story depicting the lives of enslaved women during the 19th century on 1836-1850 Haciendas across Puerto Rico. Genres Nonfiction History Adventure Biography Audiobook Travel Survival. This book is the second in a non-sequential series. In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men set sail for the South Atlantic on board a ship called the Endurance. About Horse Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling. In Endurance, the definitive account of Ernest Shackleton's fateful trip, Alfred Lansing brilliantly narrates the harrowing and miraculous voyage that has defined heroism for the modern age.
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