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by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (Author) "I decided to leave South Georgia about December 5, and in the intervals of final preparation scanned again the plans for the voyage to winter..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 380 pages
  • Publisher: Robinson Publishing (24 Sep 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1841190349
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841190341
  • Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 14 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 206,607 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Shackleton's personal account of the doomed ship, Endurance. This record also credits the support party aboard the Aurora, who managed to drop off supplies on the other side of the continent despite temperatures of -50 degrees and 80mph winds.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievable true tale of human endurance, 28 May 1999
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I have always heard parts of Shakletons voyage to the antartic and did not fully understand the remarkable tale of hardship endured by the crew. Even after reading this book I found it hard to beleive that the whole crew returned alive. As a mountaineer myself, I find it incredible that after all the hardships that Shakelton went through, crossing the southern ocean to South Georgia, that they still found the strength to cross problably the most glaciated terrain on earth on a small island that bears the brunt of problably the worst weather on earth! Not only that but wearing Rags and carrying what little food they had in a sock. This book is beautifully written in problably the most honest, matter-of-fact and colorfull language I think that I have ever read. Recommended.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best survival story ever ?., 9 Jan 2004
By Gareth (Cornwall, UK.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: South: A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage (Paperback)
I have now read this book about 4 times and each time I do I became more 'captured' by it.
The book starts slow and it took me a while to get 'into' it but then it starts to grip you. It is such an amazing story of survival and courage that will never be repeated.
It has a variety of pictures which help set the scene.
Best read one evening in front of a log fire with the wind blowing outside !. Enjoy.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A gripping account of incredible leadership and survival., 23 Nov 2001
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Ernest Shackleton' own account of a disasterous expedition to the antarctic aboard the Endurance. Despite a somewhat dull start, the book launches into excitement once the expedition starts to get into trouble. Then it blossoms into an extremely exciting account of increasing misfortunes which are overcome one by one, as they occur.
It is a tribute to the natural leadership skills of Ernest Shackleton, a man who instictively made the right decisions in every situation and created his own incredible luck.
Despite being stranded on the ice hundreds of miles from any help, he lead his team across the ice and sailed in small boats to the comparitive safety of Elephant Island. He then set out in the miniscule "James Caird" to cross the Southern Ocean to South Georgia in order to get help. Landing on the uninhabited side of the island, he then tranversed the mountainous centre to reach civilisation. He then made a number of attempts to sail back to Elephant Islandand rescue his team. He was eventually successful and rescued them all.
Shackleton has been hailed as the greatest natural leader of all time and this account re-inforces this claim.
An excellent book which is more exciting than a good many fictional stories.
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