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A decent account of the trials and tribulations of the crew of the aptly named Endurance. With their ship destroyed by ice after being held fast for months, Shackleton had to organize the evacuation of the crew by means of sled and open boat. The hardships and privations suffered by these men are enough to make you want to inch closer to your fireplace! A great tale of adventure, and all the better because it's true.
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a harrowing (but sometimes repetitively so? Is that possible for a real life tale?) saga of man versus the sea and ice. Fascinating, but at some times you just FEEL the monotony of being stranded in endless ice and endless peril. Shackelton has become one of my personal heroes to have undertaken that journey, and to cling so valiantly to the belief that he would get everyone out alive -- which I have no earthly idea how they managed to do that, especially in 1914.
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