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Endurance; Shackleton's incredible voyage

Alfred Lansing

HistoryBiography & Memoir
Publish date
1959
Publisher
Caroll & Graf
Description
Alfred Lansing's historical account details the 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, focusing on the entrapment and destruction of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, the Endurance, in the Antarctic pack ice. Drawing extensively from crew diaries and personal interviews, the narrative examines the group dynamics, extreme survival strategies, and crisis leadership required to withstand prolonged isolation in polar conditions. The book is suitable for general audiences interested in twentieth-century exploration, maritime history, and practical case studies in leadership under duress.
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