{"product_id":"endurance-shackletons-incredible-voyage-9780465062881","title":"Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Lansing, Alfred","description":"\u003cb\u003eExperience \"one of the best adventure books ever written\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) in this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller: the harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the \u003ci\u003eEndurance \u003c\/i\u003eand set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In January 1915, after battling its way through a thousand miles of pack ice and only a day's sail short of its destination, the \u003ci\u003eEndurance \u003c\/i\u003ebecame locked in an island of ice. Thus began the legendary ordeal of Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven men. When their ship was finally crushed between two ice floes, they attempted a near-impossible journey over 850 miles of the South Atlantic's heaviest seas to the closest outpost of civilization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eEndurance\u003c\/i\u003e, the definitive account of Ernest Shackleton's fateful trip, Alfred Lansing brilliantly narrates the harrowing and miraculous voyage that has defined heroism for the modern age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfred Lansing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465062881\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlfred Lansing\u003c\/b\u003e (1921-1975) was a native of Chicago. After serving more than five years in the Navy, he enrolled at Northwestern University, where he studied journalism. Until 1949 he edited a weekly newspaper in Illinois, later joined the United Press, and eventually became a freelance writer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44506903576729,"sku":"9780465062881","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_183a3144-d7f4-4146-a03c-18e8a2ec7504.jpg?v=1724809000","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/endurance-shackletons-incredible-voyage-9780465062881","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}