Alfred Lansing - Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage to the Antarctic

Pros: Vision and leadership in the face of certain death
Cons: Descriptions of Antarctic climate may induce sudden chills

The context for this story is a series of 'scientific' expeditions in the early part of this century funded by various national governments to conquer the last frontiers on the globe: the North and South poles. Not unlike the space race, the race to the...

Pros: exciting! true! incredible!
Cons: a slow start, sleep deprivation to finish book, you'll loan it away

This is the best non-fiction adventure book I have read. Period.

My sister claims it is the best book she's read in three years and one of the ten best she's ever read.

I own two copies of the book: both loaned out.

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Pros: A real page-turner, a real life adventure, awesome
Cons: Can't think of any, but more pictures would be nice

My husband received Alfred Lansing's "Endurance" for his birthday in March and since he was in the middle of another book I quickly snatched it away. I couldn't put it down, and spent every spare moment reading it.

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Pros: gripping read!
Cons: you can't stop thinking about it until you finish.

The irony that the ship carrying these men to Antarctica was named Endurance is almost beyond belief. No other name could be more appropriate. What these 28 men lived through is simply amazing. Stranded on the pack ice of Antarctica for over a year...

Pros: gripping
Cons: leaves you wanting to know more

A friend told me that if you like "Into Thin Air" you will love "Endurance." He was right. This is a thorough and accurate account of Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914 expedition to the Antarctic. I couldn't put it down. What amazed me...

Pros: Amazing adventure story, and it's true!
Cons: None

In the reading of Endurance, I learned many life lessons. True leadership is measured by your actions, and life is a true test of endurance. In the voyage of the 28 men aboard the Endurance, the crew finds themselves in a bind, knowing that their ship...

Pros: gripping, compelling, inspiring
Cons: slow beginning

since reading this book a few months ago, i've either lent or given it to at least six other people. it is a remarkable book that almost anyone will certainly enjoy. if it were a work of fiction, you might say that it was a little over the top in terms...