Shackleton: The Antarctic ChallengeIn August 1914, as World War I began, Ernest Shackleton and a small band of explorers sailed for Antarctica aboard a ship called Endurance. Few expeditions have been more aptly named-and few leaders more courageous or inspirational. For two years, Shackleton and his men battled the elements in a saga that nearly defies description. Amazingly, not a man was lost...but their extraordinary feat was eclipsed by the Great War, and for three quarters of a century was all but forgotten. No longer: interest in Shackleton and Antarctica has never been greater. Yet even now, he is remembered for only one extraordinary expedition. But there is far more to Sir Ernest Shackleton-and this wonderful book tells the whole story. His first encounter with the Antarctic was with Robert Scott, who would become his foremost rival. On his second attempt, he turned back within reach of the South Pole, preferring to save himself and his men rather than pushing on and dying on the return trip, as his former mentor Scott famously chose to do. "Better a live mule than a dead lion," he remarked to his wife upon his return, but in the end he died in the Antarctic that called him back, and back again, and he was buried there at his wife's behest. Now, at last, here is a book that tells the whole story of an explorer who ranks with Ferdinand Magellan. Christopher Columbus, James Cook, and Sir Richard Burton in his determination to follow his vision and his dream. Shackleton: The Antarctic Challenge is adventure literature par excellence: a remarkable portrait in words and arresting images of an unforgiving world and a small, indomitable fraternity who refused to surrender to relentless hardship. |
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... YEAR'S DAY , 1915 found the men in good cheer , shaking hands and sharing bright wishes . Yet an undertow of concern suffused them . Again , ice blocked their path south , so they dodged north and west looking for a route . Shackleton wrote ...
... YEAR'S DAY , 1915 found the men in good cheer , shaking hands and sharing bright wishes . Yet an undertow of concern suffused them . Again , ice blocked their path south , so they dodged north and west looking for a route . Shackleton wrote ...
Page 153
... wrote Shackleton , that the gradient was less severe . " He stopped , lost in thought , as Worsley and Crean stood silently at his side . " We'll slide , " he said to them . " Are you game ? " The two men couldn't believe it , but in an ...
... wrote Shackleton , that the gradient was less severe . " He stopped , lost in thought , as Worsley and Crean stood silently at his side . " We'll slide , " he said to them . " Are you game ? " The two men couldn't believe it , but in an ...
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... wrote Hussey , " but excitement gripped our vocal cords . " After three failed attempts spanning 100 days , Shackleton finally reached Cape Wild , Elephant Island , to find his 22 marooned crewmen alive . The Chilean tug Yelcho stood ...
... wrote Hussey , " but excitement gripped our vocal cords . " After three failed attempts spanning 100 days , Shackleton finally reached Cape Wild , Elephant Island , to find his 22 marooned crewmen alive . The Chilean tug Yelcho stood ...
Contents
The Greatest Leader | 6 |
The Old Dog for the Hard Road | 24 |
CHAPTER | 79 |
Copyright | |
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