Shop Nu Endurance : Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage – Alfred Lansing

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Antarctic — Exploration — , Sir — ErnestShackleton (1874-1922)

Have you ever had a horrible nightmare from which you thought you wouldn’t be awakened from? A nightmare so bad that you felt deep consternation even after waking up from it. Quite glad did you become when realization came to you that it was just a dream – now you were in your warm bed, and you are safe. This book is the story of Ernest Shackleton and his 27 men. The difference between your nightmare and theirs is that there was no awakening for them- theirs was real. They lost their ship during Antarctic expedition, named “Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.”

Before the expedition, Shackleton named the ship “Endurance” from his family motto, “Fortitudine vincimus” (By endurance we conquer). Very interesting is it to know the crew survived between the wreckage of their ship, Endurance, and their rescue only though tough endurance, so shows their story from this book. The author of this book, Alfred Lansing, was a journalist all his life. He has done a great job at compiling official sail records, each crew’s journal, background world’s history, personal interviews, ship’s manufacture features, and all the information relevant to Endurance and expedition. Through this book will you gain many new perspectives in respect to this expedition, if you already knew their story. If you didn’t know about them, while reading this book, you will feel as though you are their stowaway crew member, having survived along with them on their unexpected 17-month-long journey and be awed at how so did they

At times, I slowed down and carefully read with wrinkles between my eyes with much concern for the crew members’ well-being. I was worried something horrific might come upon the crew when they run out of food, water; some fell off the boat; many had frostbite; and one had gangrene on his toes from severe frostbite. At other times, I burst out laughing loudly at funny jokes that they made each other, and positive mindset, despite their grim ordeal.

Shackleton’s leadership could be a matter of interest to you. He showed countless courageous leadership decisions and sacrifices for his crew throughout the journey. Had it not been for his innate leadership, I am certain the rest of 27 men would not have seen their family ever again. On voyage, they would toast by saying “For our wives and children. May they never meet.” Then did they not have a slightest inkling on how Shackleton would lead them from the grasp of death in the coming months.

For further NOTES See also the BACK of the book!

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