Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage to the Antarctic

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Lansing is best known for his best-selling book Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, the account of the failed Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew to the South Pole in 1914. In addition to making these diaries available to me, almost all the surviving members of the expedition submitted to long hours, even days, of interviewing with a courtesy and cooperativeness for which my grateful appreciation is hardly an adequate repayment. They had been below for almost seventy-twohours maintaining steam in the boilers to operate the engine-room pumps.

Describes a book or dust jacket that has the complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc.He was a Belgian who had been the leader of an Antarcticexpedition in 1897, and was therefore able to contribute many helpful ideasconcerning the construction of the ship. They waited through December 4, hoping that the supply ship for thewhaling station would arrive with the last mail from home before they sailed. Sometimes she simply quivered briefly as a human being might wince if seized by a single, stabbing pain.

She proceeded out the ever-widening mouth of the River Platte, and dropped her pilot the next morning at the Recalada Lightship. He enjoyed fancying himself as a countrygentleman, divorced from the workaday world, with the leisure and wealth todo as he pleased. And Shackleton, whoseinterest in science could hardly be compared with his love of exploration,went out of his way to play up this side of the undertaking.Durante ese tiempo Shackleton y su tripulación sobrevivieron a la deriva en el hielo en una de las regiones más salvajes del mundo antes de que finalmente pudieran zarpar. Lansing was a native of Chicago, Illinois, the son of Edward (1896–1949), a Chicagoan who worked as an electrician, and his wife Ruth Henderson (1896–1975), a native of New Jersey. Worsley recorded: "Waking on a fine morning I feel a great longing for the smell of dewy wet grass and flowers of a Spring morning in New Zealand or England. Vast sums ofmoney, much of it involving future commitments, had been spent, andcountless hours had gone into planning and preparation. He was very proud of his reputation as an "old, irascible, and cranky" editor who stood for right over might.

The same patient willingness marked the numerous letters in which these men replied to the many questions which arose. Later, to the privacy of hisdiary, Macklin confided: “I do not think I have ever had such a horriblesickening sensation of fear as I had whilst in the hold of that breaking ship. Sixty-ninequarrelsome huskies were tied forward; several tons of coal were heaped onthe deck midships; and up in the rigging hung a ton of whale meat for use asdog food.To read more about the site or if you want a graphic to link to us, see the about page for more details. Más de un año después, y todavía a medio continente de distancia de la base deseada el Endurance estuvo amarrado al hielo flotando hacia al noroeste, antes de que fuera finalmente aplastado por la fuerza del hielo. During his time working as a journalist, the author wrote for several papers including the likes of “Colliers” among many other magazines in the United States.

Basic Books are available at special discounts for bulk purchases in the United States by corporations, institutions, and other organizations. In contrast to the difficulties in obtaining sufficient financial backing,finding volunteers to take part in the expedition proved simple. It looked as if somegiant vise were being applied to the ship and slowly tightened until she couldno longer hold out against its pressure. They fussed with the dials for more thanan hour, but as everyone expected, all they heard was static. At three-twenty the following morning, a small group of men gatheredaround the receiver in the wardroom.

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage study guide contains a biography of Alfred Lansing, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. So close did they come to itthat looking down into the indigo water they saw it stretching away beneaththem, 40 feet below the keel of the ship, and going ever deeper, a thousandfeet beneath them, Worsley estimated, becoming bluer and bluer until theycould see it no more. Then Scott, on his second expedition in late 1911 andearly 1912, was raced to the South Pole by the Norwegian, Roald Amundsen—and beaten by a little more than a month. His name was Sir Ernest Shackleton, and the twenty-seven men he hadwatched so ingloriously leaving their stricken ship were the members of hisImperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.