Seveneves by Neal Stephenson and Endurance by Alfr.įlying to and from Bellingham International Airpor. What are some of your favourite adventure stories? - Margy Shackleton: Death or Glory - 2013 Television SeriesĮrnest Shackleton Movie - YouTube by Anthony Perry South! - Illustrated account by Sir Ernest Shackleton What would happen if the world were ending A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. I recommend both books for your reading pleasure and enlightenment.įor more information about Shackleton and the Trans Antarctic Expecition check out: Seveneves by Neal Stephenson From the 1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epica grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years. Both were about true adventurers who took the chances needed for ultimate rescue and survival. So the past and a scifi future come together. Summary: The astounding new novel from the master of science fiction President Barack Obamas summer reading choice. These were made available to Lansing and became a primary source for his account. It's an epic story of adventure, perseverance, struggle, leadership, and survival.Īmazingly, through all of the struggle, the captain and many crew members kept journals recounting the struggles. Shackleton sailed the 22.5-foot James Caird 650 nautical miles away to a whaling station on South Georgia Island in a last ditch effort for rescue before starvation. In all, it was a two year story of true endurance to survive on ice floes, cross dangerous Arctic seas, and land on barren Elephant Island. They subsequently lost the ship to crushing ice in the Weddel Sea. Due to heavy ice, they never made it to shore. His ship, the Endurance, carried the captain and a crew of twenty-eight. Seveneves: A Novel (Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read). Both the North and South Poles had already been reached, so Shackleton proposed crossing the Antarctic continent as the next adventurous goal to be reached. In 1914 during the age of exploration on earth, Sir Ernest Shackleton lead the Trans Antarctic Expedition. I found mine used at Cozy Corner Books in Coffee in Bellingham. It 's now available as a reprint by Basic Books or on Kindle. Endurance by Alfred Lansing was originally published by Carroll and Graf Publishers, Inc.

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