{"product_id":"the-endurance","title":"The Endurance","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e In August 1914, renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. They came with in eighty-five miles of their destination when their ship, \u003ci\u003eEndurance\u003c\/i\u003e, was trapped fast in the ice pack, and the crew was stranded on the floes. Their ordeal lasted for twenty grueling months, and the group made two near-fatal attempts to escape by open boat before they were finally rescued.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing upon previously unavailable sources, Caroline Alexander gives us a riveting account of Shackleton's expedition.  An extraordinary re-creation of the terrible beauty of Antarctica, the awful destruction of the ship, and the crew's heroic daily struggle for survival, \u003ci\u003eThe Endurance\u003c\/i\u003e thrillingly describes one of the last great adventures in the brave age of exploration—perhaps the greatest of them all.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Workman Publishing","offers":[{"title":"9781565114180","offer_id":40952861655217,"sku":"9781565114180","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/workman-feed-prod.myshopify.com\/products\/the-endurance","provider":"zzz_Workman Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}