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  • Endurance

  • Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
  • By: Alfred Lansing
  • Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith
  • Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (840 ratings)

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Endurance

By: Alfred Lansing
Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith
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Summary

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.

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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Gripping

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!

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Fantastic story

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.

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An incredible story

A fascinating story, very well read. I would liked to have heard more about what happened next though

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epic adventure of bravery

the hardships these men faced is unimaginable and this book has left me with the upmost respect for the crew of the endurance...amazing..❤

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Endurance

What a thrilling, enthralling and compelling listen. Read beautifully by the wonderful Tim - Piggot - Smith. What an amazing piece of history. Well worth listening to.

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This story never grows old.

A gripping story of human endeavour and persistence.

From the days when they made wooden ships and iron men.

A wonderful retelling.

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Epic

A wonderfully recounted story of daring do that epitomises the nature of individuals from that era. It simply leaves one awestruck

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Amazing

Amazing achievement by strong willed Men. Great story, well worth a few hours listening of anyone’s time.

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Incredible

One incredible & remarkable story, how anyone could survive an ordeal like this, is beyond even me.

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What mental & physical strength !!

A truly great listen.

Once I started I couldn't wait for the next instalment. Beautifully narrated and his voice was the perfect fit for this epic story.

The mental and & physical strength of all those involved was truly amazing. Team work, togetherness, a bonding, looking after one another through thick and thin. The stow away becoming part of them team, being accepted, Shackletons leadership and his team obeying and respecting every order.

A brilliant book and now I feel lost.

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