In 1914, a party led by veteran explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton sets out to become the first to traverse the continent of Antarctica. Their initial optimism is short-lived, however, as the ice field slowly thickens, encasing the ship Endurance in a death-grip, crushing their craft, and marooning 28 men on a polar ice floe....
In an epic struggle of man versus the elements, Shackleton leads his team on a harrowing quest for survival over some of the most unforgiving terrain in the world. Icy, tempestuous seas full of gargantuan waves, mountainous glaciers and icebergs, unending brutal cold, and ever-looming starvation are their mortal foes as Shackleton and his men struggle to stay alive.
What happened to those brave men forever stands as a testament to their strength of will and the power of human endurance.
This is their story, as told by the man who led them.
- ISBN10 0451198808
- ISBN13 9780451198808
- Publish Date 1 April 1999 (first published 1 January 1999)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 22 April 2012
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
- Imprint Dutton / Signet
- Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
- Pages 464
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780451198808