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Endurance

Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

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Endurance

By: Alfred Lansing
Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith
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 The year was 1915. Equipment and food supplies were totally inadequate. After battling its way for six weeks through thousands of miles of pack ice and located only a day's sail from its destination, the Endurance became locked inside an island of ice. Yet Ernest Shackleton enabled all 27 of his men to survive for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas - leadership without equal. This gripping account is based on contemporaneous diaries and interviews conducted by the author with these exceptional men.©1959 Alfred Lansing (P)2000 by The Audio Partners Publishing Corp. Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Expeditions & Discoveries World

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Critic reviews

"One of the most gripping, suspenseful, intense stories anyone will ever read [or hear]." ( Chicago Tribune)
"One of the greatest adventure stories of our time." ( The New York Times Book Review)
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This is a must. A great selection from one of the best book I have read in my life. I recommend you give yourself this pleasure

This is a brilliant selection from a masterpiece

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If this story doesn’t move you then you must be dead. Fantastic performance by Tim Pigott-Smith too. A must-listen.

Incredible

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Superbly gripping story of Shackleton's voyage and rescue of 27 men from Antartica to Elephant Island. Beautifully written and very well performed. This is a book everyone should read, if only once, in their lifetime. Shackleton's leadership is legendary.

Brilliant

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Were they hero's or fools?
Wonderful telling of these men's lives.
Tim Piggott-Smith portrayed the feeling of horror and delight in this recounting of how men overcame intense hardship.

Exceptional

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The story is all here in a good summary of the main points and good insights into what the men went through but I feel like I will read other books as I didn't get the full detail I wanted. The last part of the book felt like it just rushed over major parts of the story however, I give it 5stars as its free on audible plus and well told.

Great story of Shackeltons voyage however...

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I have always been fascinated by Shackleton's (et al) story of survival, especially across the Southern Ocean, in a row boat, but their stories' details in this audiobook gets you right in there, amongst their hardships, miseries, pain & sufferings... Great audiobook to listen to, in order to appreciate just how "tough" these men (Heros All....) were.

Amazing Story of Survival

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It’s incredibly hard to write any review on such a masterpiece based on real event.
For some, it will be full of inspiration. For some, just nice bedtime story. Nevertheless, it’s an amazing source of inspiration especially if you need one.

Just incredible

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incredible story of overcoming seemly impossible odds, a fitting testiment to great men who refused to be defeated. wonderfully narrated, an exceptional book and I have listened to many on this platform. Highly recommend.

fantastically narrated

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What a study of perseverance and downright bloody-mindedness!! Amazingly read, the story is all the more awe-inspiring for being true. I think k I would have laid down and curled up long ago! A great read!

Gripping

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A time when men were made of sturner stuff. A modest hand shake after 14 month of gruelling hell - makes you proud to be an Englishman.

Fantastic story

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