I first read the "other" Endurance by Alfred Lansing, which was a reportage page-turner and relied on some interviews with survivors. The third book this month on Shackleton's famous 1914 voyage to Antarctica. Moreover, this impression was shared by both Shackleton and Crean." (pg 164) Whenever I reviewed the incidents of that march I had the sub-conscious feeling that there were four of us instead of three. There was indeed one curious thing about our crossing of South Georgia, a thing that has given me much food for thought, and which I have never been able to explain. There was no doubt that Providence had been with us. Incidentally I learnt afterwards that we had crossed the island during the only interval of fine weather that occurred that winter. It could blow as hard as it liked up there-now. In one of my favorite bits, he wrote that soon after they had made it through their mountain crossing "a blizzard came blowing down from the mountain range we had just crossed. Also what happened to the men after they got back home? And what about the Ross party, that was supposed to meet up with Shackleton on the other side of Antarctica? What did they do when Shackleton never showed up, with no way to contact each other? This book finished the story better.Īlso, it was written in first person by the ship's navigator, who kept a diary throughout. (I'd actually recommend reading Lansing's book first and then this book to pick up where he left off.) For instance, I wanted more details about their rescue. I liked this Endurance better than the other Endurance book, just because it answers all of the questions I wondered about when the other book wrapped up pretty fast.
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