Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
>The astonishing [true] saga of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's survival for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as Time magazine put it, "defined heroism."
>Shackleton's mission failed, but the resulting adventure became one of the most celebrated accounts of man's survival against unbelievable odds.
Ernest Shackleton was a beast of an explorer. After his boat was destroyed by the ice flows in the antarctic, he lead his crew back to safety with ZERO deaths. I fully recommend reading the book, based on their journal entries. Amazon link
Oh, no wait, here's an inspiring book, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage.
>The astonishing saga of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's survival for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as "Time" magazine put it, "defined heroism". Alfred Lansing's scrupulously researched and brilliantly narrated book--with over 200,000 copies sold--has long been acknowledged as the definitive account of the "Endurance's" fateful trip.
It's the end-all be-all of getting-lost-in-the-wilderness-and-surviving-against-all-odds stories. My coworkers and I took some solace in it while working under an abusive, criminal boss who later plead guilty to nine felonies. That time period required endurance to come to work each day.
If you are interested in shackletons journey and the tenacity of human spirit i suggest reading this gem of a book. http://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Incredible-Alfred-Lansing/dp/078670621X
I remember seeing this picture in this book, so he must be one of Shackleton's crew.
Those two are on my to-read list; but if we're recommending these, I want to chime in with two books I've read that I think would fit in well: <em>Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage</em> and <em>Lost Moon,</em> what's been since rechristened "Apollo 13" after the movie made the book even more well-known.
I encourage everyone to read Endurance, about his amazing trip to the Antarctic. The man was a badass like no other.