Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

412 pages first pub 1959 (editions)

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Bound for Antarctica, where polar explorer Ernest Shackleton planned to cross on foot the last uncharted continent, the Endurance set sail from England in August 1914. In January 1915, after battling its way for six weeks through a thousand miles ...

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adventurous 95%
inspiring 65%
tense 63%
informative 51%
emotional 32%
challenging 30%
hopeful 28%
dark 17%
reflective 12%
sad 8%
funny 2%
mysterious 1%

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slow 24%
fast 17%

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