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Endurance

Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

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Endurance

By: Alfred Lansing
Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith
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 The year was 1915. Equipment and food supplies were totally inadequate. After battling its way for six weeks through thousands of miles of pack ice and located only a day's sail from its destination, the Endurance became locked inside an island of ice. Yet Ernest Shackleton enabled all 27 of his men to survive for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas - leadership without equal. This gripping account is based on contemporaneous diaries and interviews conducted by the author with these exceptional men.©1959 Alfred Lansing (P)2000 by The Audio Partners Publishing Corp. Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Expeditions & Discoveries World Inspiring

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Critic reviews

"One of the most gripping, suspenseful, intense stories anyone will ever read [or hear]." ( Chicago Tribune)
"One of the greatest adventure stories of our time." ( The New York Times Book Review)
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I now understand the astonishing extent of the crew of the Endurance's achievement. This is often ascribed to Shackleton's leadership but what came through to me from this account was the importance of individuals working together with specialist skills and maintaining each others' morale. Tim Piggott-Smith is one of the best narrators, even when not much is happening, he keeps you enthralled.

Gripping

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Hard to believe this happened! The emotions come across on every page. From hope and excitement to fear and endurance. A journey to be read!

Unbelievable

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The greatest survival story ever told. Join Shackleton and his crew as they fight to live - against nature, against death and against the odds.

Some men just never quit.

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A great story of survival and heroism in the early 20th century. A wonderful narration too.

A great story of survival and heroism.

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I had never really read known to much about Shackleton, but the drive of these men to never give up really makes me feel shames for the times in my life I have given up on things. Amazing story well told.

the spirit of these men shames me

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