South: The Last Antarctic Expedition of Shackleton and the Endurance (The Explorers Club Classic)

South: The Last Antarctic Expedition of Shackleton and the Endurance (The Explorers Club Classic)
by Sir Ernest Shackleton

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Author: Sir Ernest Shackleton
Foreword: Tim Cahill
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-06-17
ISBN: 1599213230
Number of pages: 488
Publisher: The Lyons Press

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Book Review: Extraordinary. Heroic. Awe-Inspiring. Historical.
Summary: 5 Stars

SOUTH (The Last Antarctic Expedition of Shackleton and the Endurance) is Shackleton's personal account of the extraordinary endeavor to discover the South Pole from 1914 to 1916.

World War I was just breaking out as Shackleton and the crew of twenty-eight aboard the Endurance sailed to discover the unexplored regions of Antarctica. Little did they know that they would be facing one of the most daunting challenges to human survival ever chronicled.

The Endurance would be caught in early ice floes before she reached her intended port and imprison her crew in what would have been a wintry grave. With temperatures well below freezing, this hardy group of explorers would bravely face survival for a year and half. Amazingly, all twenty-eight would survive in the most incredible example of leadership, courage, and gritty endurance of the 20th century.

As the leader of the expedition, Shackleton's account of the journey and rescue is fascinating. Revered by his men, he was simply known as the "Boss". His leadership kept those men alive and in hope of rescue when all reason and sanity would have given up. I was interested to read of his quiet faith and reliance upon divine "Providence" for his hope and strength.

"We had suffered, starved, and triumphed, grovelled down yet grasped at glory, grown bigger in the bigness of the whole. We had seen God in his splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man."

While not a spell-binding story-teller, Shackleton's account is matter-of-fact and occasionally poignant; an interesting insight into an extraordinary leader.

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This first-person account of the Endurance crew's famed odyssey across the frozen Antarctic is a classic tale of survival, resolve, and leadership.

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