On that same note, Lansing's The Endurance (about Shackleton's attempted voyage to the South Pole and absolutely miraculous escape from what would have or should have been certain death) is equally amazing for the real-life adventure readers.
... a supply of seal blubber and sugar cubes can get you through till tuesday.
I recommend a copy of Endurance as reading while waiting for your snow to melt.
Definitely start with Endurance by Alfred Lansing
It’s the story of Ernest Shackleton’s voyage to Antarctica in his ship Endurance
4.8 star rating from almost 9000 readers.
It’s an incredible read. The next family member will have a hard act to follow
PS. There are many versions of this historical voyage, make sure you choose the one by Lansing. His research was outstanding.
Endurance by Alfred Lansing - tells the true story of Ernest Shackleton's 1916 South Pole expedition. I read this a few years ago when going through a rough patch at work, put it all into perspective.
If you like that, you'll enjoy Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage. It's the story of an expedition to the Antarctica in 1914. The ship was crushed by ice and the crew had to travel across the frozen ocean to the nearest civilization outpost. The book is based on the crew's journals.
If you're thinking about this question you might enjoy the book Endurance which is the true story of Shackleton's expedition to the South Pole. The food issue plays a major role.
https://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Incredible-Alfred-Lansing/dp/0465062881
I just finished this
https://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Incredible-Alfred-Lansing/dp/0465062881
You're through hike is an escalator ride in a mall compared to what these guys went through for two years. Put my hike into perspective.
<em>Endurance</em> by Alfred Lansing. It's a nonfiction about the 1915 Shackleton Antarctic Expedition. One of the most incredible true stories in human history.
Endurance, awesome book about Shackleton and his expedition.
Amazon: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage https://www.amazon.com/dp/0465062881/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_7pnpAbD13VQRX
So many...
One of my favorite reads of all time, though, is "The Endurance" by Alfred Lansiing.
A non-fictional account of an amazing heroic story of survival, exploration and leadership in the Antarctic in the golden age of exploration of the poles. What they did, when they did it, with the technology they had at the time - it's truly unbelievable. A must read:
In the same genre, Aspley Cherry Gerard's "The Worst Journey in the World" is a long but incredible story of Antarctic exploration written by a survivor academician that was actually there.
The Worst Journey in the World - Wikipedia
Exploration and adventure non-fiction is a powerful genre for me, easily more impactful than even the best fiction (and I'm a big fan of that too!) because reality gives it that more powerful punch.
The extreme conditions of the arctic and Antarctic race to the poles are pretty amazing tales of human perseverance and bravery when you consider the conditions, the challenge, and the capabilities of human technology at the time these almost foolhardy men accomplished it.
There’s a fabulous book about Shackleton’s voyage:
https://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Incredible-Alfred-Lansing/dp/0465062881
It reads like a thriller, in the best possible way.
The book about this expedition (Shackleton's) is incredible, can't recommend it enough.
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage https://www.amazon.com/dp/0465062881/
Was it based on a true story? It sounds a lot like the Shackleton mission, and I found a book called Endurance that is based on it.
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage;
https://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Incredible-Alfred-Lansing/dp/0465062881
You might like Endurance. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0465062881/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fab_CjFEFb5CX009P
<em>Endurance</em> by Alfred Lansing.
<em>Kodoku</em> by Kenichi Horie.
This is a very late response, but before.
The ship was originally named the Polaris when t was completed. Shackleton renamed it the Endurance to be in line with his family's motto: "Fortitudine vincimus," or "By endurance we conquer."
Here's a photograph taken by Frank Hurley, their official photographer. This was taken between the crush that forced them to abandon ship and the eventual sinking, a span of a little less than a month. You can see Endurance on the back of the ship.
And an obligatory "you have to read Lansing's Endurance." It was re-released in a 100th anniversary edition last year.