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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

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In Endurance , 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. La expedición de Shackleton consistía en acercarse al continente antártico por el mar de Weddell hasta la bahía de Vashel (zona tierra de fuego) para cruzar por el polo sur hasta el mar de Ross junto al glaciar Beardmore (zona austral). I don't understand the purpose of this, if it is for those who are already saved then it is not evangelistic so why form an ill-fitting analogy to try and link this story to the Christian faith? What amazing courage and stamina these men had, they must have had nerves and bodies of steel and withstand so much. But he also put the lives of his men above everything else, he never let himself show weakness, and he was genuinely brave and a genuinely great leader.

This utterly gripping book, based on first-hand accounts of crew members and interviews with survivors, describes how the men survived, how they lived together in camps on the ice for 17 months until they reached land, how they were attacked by sea leopards, the diseases which they developed, and the indefatigability of the men and their lasting civility towards one another in the most adverse conditions conceivable. I now know the difference between wet and dry gangrene; the latter is the lesser of the two evils, ugh.This is one of the stories that will reset your perspective on what the human animal is capable of and I highly recommend you avail yourself of the opportunity to reboot your mind-set. He was open and honest (sometimes brutally so), also decisive and he certainly employed effective delegation. Endurance by Alfred Lansing, its 1914 and the story of Shackleton’s incredible rescue is highly lauded in exploration circles. The expedition was unsuccessful, and instead of a grueling polar crossing, Shackleton and his men faced the horror of being locked in an ice flow for months on end; stranded on the ice when their ship, Endurance, was crushed and sank; and forced to launch out into a frigid, deadly sea to reach the closest landmass not once, but twice.

El Endurance fue encontrado en febrero de 2022 a tres mil metros de profundidad en el mar de Weddell en muy buenas condiciones. about the unpredictable nature of ice floes, the capriciousness of the ocean, what keeps people alive against all odds, how one finds one's way in the middle of nowhere before GPS on phones, and how human hope clings to the thinnest of threads.Consider also the inhospitable nature of the Antarctic seas, the ice floes, ice bergs, the frighteningly low temperatures, potentially the worst weather and sailing conditions anywhere on the planet, the risk of the ship becoming trapped and crushed in the ice. Lansing seamlessly incorporates diary entries from the men, giving us incredible insight to the men's personal feelings. Frank Worsley, captain of the Endurance, did a mind-boggling job of navigating first to Elephant Island and then on to South Georgia, using minimal equipment and water-logged charts, and compensating for frequent unintended changes in direction resulting from the 80 MPH winds that roared through the region. One man experienced a heart attack while another underwent primitive surgery to amputate toes afflicted with gangrene. I am sure I would have been worthless and depressed just watching the ship, the Endurance, fall into the sea, crushed by ice pressure.

The author’s retelling begins slowly as he sets the scene, and his writing is straight-forward and unembellished—and all the more powerful for its lack of adornment.

George Butler, the director of the preceding film, then directed an IMAX film in 2001 narrated by Kevin Spacey. a condition where grit and dirt from clothing (usually around the wrists) create small abrasions that become infected and cause severe pain if not treated. After the sale, Shackleton rechristened her Endurance, in keeping with the motto of his family, Fortitudine vincimus—"By endurance we conquer.

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