{"product_id":"endurance-an-epic-of-polar-adventure-paperback","title":"Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrank Arthur Worsley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou seriously mean to tell me that the ship is doomed?\u003c\/em\u003e asked Frank Worsley, commander of the \u003cem\u003eEndurance\u003c\/em\u003e, stuck impassably in Antarctic ice packs. \u003cem\u003eWhat the ice gets, \u003c\/em\u003e replied Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition's unflappable leader, \u003cem\u003ethe ice keeps.\u003c\/em\u003e It did not, however, get the ship's twenty-five crew members, all of whom survived an eight-hundred-mile voyage across sea, land, and ice to South Georgia, the nearest inhabited island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1931, \u003cem\u003eEndurance\u003c\/em\u003e tells the full story of that doomed 1914-16 expedition and incredible rescue, as well as relating Worsley's further adventures fighting U-boats in the Great War, sailing the equally treacherous waters of the Arctic, and making one final (and successful) assault on the South Pole with Shackleton. It is a tale of unrelenting high adventure and a tribute to one of the most inspiring and courageous leaders of men in the history of exploration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8.25 x 5.53 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 17, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755698913568,"sku":"9780393319941","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b75228147366fc107cda958b81a73f45.webp?v=1780066246","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/endurance-an-epic-of-polar-adventure-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}