Endurance

By Alfred Lansing

Subjects: Imperial trans-antarctic expedition (1914-1917), Biography, Scientific expeditions, Explorers, Endurance (ship), Endurance (Navire), Large type books, Imperial trans-antarctic expedition, 1914-1917, Discovery and exploration, Endurance (Ship : A171), Antarctica, discovery and exploration, Voyages and travels, Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1917, Shackleton, ernest henry, sir, 1874-1922, Endurance (Ship), Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99001019, British, Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917), Travel

Description: 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. The ship became locked inside an island of ice, and was later crushed. This tale of survival by Shackleton and all 27 of his men for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctice seas defined heroism.