Shackleton's Boat Journey
by Frank Arthur Worsley · first published 1933
100% recommend
"The Weddell Sea might be described as the Antarctic extension of the South Atlantic Ocean. Near the southern extreme of the Weddell Sea in 77° south latitude Shackleton's ship Endurance, under my command, was beset in heavy pack ice. The temperature in February fell to 53° of frost -- an unusually cold snap for the southern summer of 1914-15.The pack ice froze into a solid mass. We were unable to free the ship and she drifted northwest, 1,000 miles during the summer, autumn, and winter. The Endurance was crushed, and sank in 69° S."These are the dramatic opening words of Frank Worsley's gripp
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"Shackleton's Boat Journey" by F. A. Worsley is a first hand account of the journey, written by the Captain of the Endurance. No fluff in this book, it gets directly to the action. Worsley has a very direct writing style which…
on “The harrowing journey to Elephant Island by Ernest Shackleton and Endurance crew” ↗Two more I would recommend in addition to Lansing's that focus more on different specific aspects of that expedition are "Shackleton's Boat Journey" by Frank Worsley (who served as captain of Endurance) and "Shackleton's Heroes: The Epic Story of the Men Who Kept the Endurance Expedition Alive" by Wilson McOrist. I think anyone with an interest…
on “Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic” ↗Also, the aforementioned Frank Worsley (Shackleton's navigator) wrote a terrific book called 'Shackleton's Boat Journey', an account of their (successful, as it were!) attempt to rescue the crew after the pole-traversal expedition ran into problems. Reads almost like a thriller. Also, Apsley Cherry-Garrard wrote a quite…
on “The White Darkness: A Journey Across Antarctica” ↗Shackleton's Boat Journey by Worsley (the captain) is the way to go.
on “New images show state of preservation of Ernest Shackleton's ship” ↗