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jmarryott23's review
adventurous
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
3.75
I knew nothing about the story of Endurance and it really is an amazing story of survival in extreme circumstances. The previously known facts of the story along with diaries and pictures are combined to provide a great summary of an event that happened over 100 years ago, and the author does an excellent job here. One of the most fascinating asides from the book to me was that these men lived outside of civilization for 20 months during WW1. While they theorized about what was happening in the world, if WW1 was still going on, and who the victors were, time continued to move on for the rest of the world and that must have been a crazy thing to experience and return to.
The ship had 27 members, so for me there were too many names to really get to know many of them. And I found some sections of the journey more exciting than others. Still, this is a worthwhile story and I’m glad I took the time to learn about it. Amazingly, the ship itself was found over 100 years later, in March of 2022.
The ship had 27 members, so for me there were too many names to really get to know many of them. And I found some sections of the journey more exciting than others. Still, this is a worthwhile story and I’m glad I took the time to learn about it. Amazingly, the ship itself was found over 100 years later, in March of 2022.
casava17's review
5.0
Great book, with an intensely satisfying ending. First section was a bit slow as the author laid out each of the individual's character and background. The photos from this expedition are amazing, and well placed through out the book. Wish there was a more detailed map of their route.
ibazel's review
The start of the Shackleton Obsession (a subset of the Antarctica Obsession)
_eva_eva_eva_'s review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
remocpi's review against another edition
4.0
Espectacular relato de una no menos espectacular aventura. Tras quedar varados en el hielo y perder su barco en la Antártida, los hombres de la expedición de Shackleton (ojo al anuncio en el periódico para reclutarlos):
tienen que deshacer la travesía a pie y en bote salvavidas. Estamos hablando de meses de lucha y de cientos de kilómetros recorridos, algo bastante espectacular dado que no murió nadie de la expedición.
Recientemente se han encontrado los restos del Endurance. Esta aventura merece ser leída.
tienen que deshacer la travesía a pie y en bote salvavidas. Estamos hablando de meses de lucha y de cientos de kilómetros recorridos, algo bastante espectacular dado que no murió nadie de la expedición.
Recientemente se han encontrado los restos del Endurance. Esta aventura merece ser leída.
wjread's review against another edition
3.0
The story is remarkable, but the book is not very well-written and boring at times.