Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men, sailed for the South Atlantic on the ‘Endurance’ with the object of crossing the Antarctic over land. In October 1915, still half a continent away from their intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in ice.
For five months Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways in one of the world’s most savage regions.
This gripping book is based on firsthand accounts of crew members, describes how the men survived, living together in camps on the ice for 17 months.
Their extraordinary civility towards one another in the most adverse conditions shines through.
Without Shackleton’s leadership is is unlikely and of the crew would have survived.