Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

357 pages first pub 1959 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced
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The harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole, one of the greatest adventure stories of the modern age. In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Anta...

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adventurous 95%
inspiring 65%
tense 62%
informative 51%
challenging 31%
emotional 31%
hopeful 29%
dark 18%
reflective 12%
sad 8%
funny 2%
mysterious 1%

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slow 24%
fast 18%

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