Overview
"As thrilling as any tale from the heroic age of exploration. ... Boundās account is a triumph. The storytelling is piano-wire taut, the writing saturated with polar moodiness." āĀ Sunday Times
The inside story of how theĀ Endurance, Ernest Shackleton's legendary lost ship, was found in the most hostile sea on Earth, told by the expedition's Director of Exploration.
On November 21, 1914, after sailing more than ten thousand miles from Norway to the Antarctic Ocean, theĀ EnduranceĀ finally succumbed to the surrounding ice. Ernest Shackleton and his crew had navigated the 144-foot, three-masted wooden vessel to Antarctica to become the first to cross the barren continent, but early season pack ice trapped them in place offshore. They watched in silence as the shipās stern rose twenty feet in the air and disappeared into the frigid sea, then spent six harrowing months marooned on the ice in its wake. Seal meat was their only sustenance as Shackletonās expedition to push the limits of human strength took a new form: one of survival against the odds.Ā
As this legendary story entered the annals of polar exploration, it inspired a new global race to find the wreckedĀ Endurance, by all accounts āthe worldās most unreachable shipwreck.ā Several missions failed, thwarted, as Shackleton was, by the unpredictable Weddell Sea. Finally, a century to the day after Shackletonās death, renowned marine archeologist Mensun Bound and an elite team of explorers discovered the lost shipwreck. Nearly ten thousand feet below the ice lay a remarkably preservedĀ Endurance, its name still emblazoned on the shipās stern.
The Ship Beneath the IceĀ chronicles two dramatic expeditions to what Shackleton called āthe most hostile sea on Earth.ā Bound experienced failure and despair in his attempts to locate the wreck, and, like Shackleton before him, very nearly found his vessel frozen in ice.
Complete with captivating photos from the 1914 expedition and of the wreck as Bound and his team found it, this inspiring modern-day adventure narrative captures the intrepid spirit that joins two mariners across the centuriesāboth of whom accomplished the impossible.
This book title, The Ship Beneath the Ice (The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance), ISBN: 9780063297418, by Mensun Bound, published by HarperCollins (September 3, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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