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Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance

by Mensun Bound
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Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance
Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance

Historic shipwreck discovery unveils Antarctic saga.

If you're fascinated by tales of exploration and human endurance, "Ship Beneath the Ice" might just resonate with you. It's not just the gripping story of Shackleton's ship, but also a contemporary adventure of finding Endurance against all odds. The blend of historical intrigue and modern exploration is a tribute to the relentless human spirit – appealing to history buffs and adventure seekers alike.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance

by Mensun Bound
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ISBN: 9781035008452
Authors: Mensun Bound
Publisher: Macmillan
Date of Publication: 2022-11-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Travel, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Science
Related Topics: Memoir, History, Adventure, Memoir, Historical
Goodreads rating: 4.12
(rated by 2088 readers)

Description

The extraordinary firsthand account of the discovery of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance, the ship that gave its name to the world's most famous survival epic, told by the man who led the search. On November 21, 1914, after sailing more than ten thousand miles from Norway to the Antarctic Ocean, the Endurance finally succumbed to the surrounding ice. Ernest Shackleton and his crew had navigated the 144-foot, three-masted wooden vessel to Antarctica to become the first to cross the barren continent, but early season pack ice trapped them in place offshore. They watched in silence as the ship's stern rose twenty feet in the air and disappeared into the frigid sea, then spent six harrowing months marooned on the ice in its wake. Seal meat was their only sustenance as Shackleton's expedition to push the limits of human strength took a new form: one of survival against the odds. As this legendary story entered the annals of polar exploration, it inspired a new global race to find the wrecked Endurance, by all accounts "the world's most unreachable shipwreck." Several missions failed, thwarted, as Shackleton was, by the unpredictable Weddell Sea. Finally, a century to the day after Shackleton's death, renowned marine archeologist Mensun Bound and an elite team of explorers discovered the lost shipwreck. Nearly ten thousand feet below the ice lay
 

Historic shipwreck discovery unveils Antarctic saga.

If you're fascinated by tales of exploration and human endurance, "Ship Beneath the Ice" might just resonate with you. It's not just the gripping story of Shackleton's ship, but also a contemporary adventure of finding Endurance against all odds. The blend of historical intrigue and modern exploration is a tribute to the relentless human spirit – appealing to history buffs and adventure seekers alike.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.