Shackleton

Explorer. Leader. Legend.

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Shackleton

By: Ranulph Fiennes

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

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The enthralling new biography of Ernest Shackleton by the world's greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

To write about Hell, it helps if you have been there.

In 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to traverse the Antarctic was cut short when his ship, Endurance, became trapped in ice.

The disaster left Shackleton and his men alone at the frozen South Pole, fighting for their lives.

Their survival and escape is the most famous adventure in history.

Shackleton is an engaging new account of the adventurer, his life and his incredible leadership under the most extreme of circumstances.

Written by polar adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, who followed in Shackleton's footsteps, he brings his own unique insights to bear on these infamous expeditions. Shackleton is both re-appraisal and a valediction, separating the man from the myth he has become.

Adventurers, Explorers & Survival

Historical

Adventure

Polar Region

Leadership

Inspiring

Thought-Provoking

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I really enjoyed Sir Ranulph Fiennes’s ‘Scott’, so when I saw ‘Shackleton’ had been published I knew it would be good. It wasn’t good - it was excellent. Fiennes’s is in the pretty much unique position of being able to empathise and related to the highs and lows of Antarctic travel because he has done it himself. He has literally walked the proverbial mile in Shackleton’s (and Scott’s) shoes. His perspective therefore lends
a new way to interpret Shackleton’s questionable decision making, and he is able to review Shackleton’s adventures in an objective way. The narrator, by the way, is brilliant - the way he lends gravitas to the serious accounts but then injects a real sense of peril through his tone of voice into the dangerous parts made this book all the more enjoyable. I recommend it.