{"product_id":"9780465062881","title":"Endurance","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe legendary and harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackelton’s 1914 shipwreck on Antarctic ice – and how his leadership rescued his crew\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “One of the greatest adventure stories of our time.” –\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the \u003ci\u003eEndurance \u003c\/i\u003eand set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In January 1915, after battling its way through a thousand miles of pack ice and only a day's sail short of its destination, the \u003ci\u003eEndurance \u003c\/i\u003ebecame locked in an island of ice. Thus began the legendary ordeal of Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven men. When their ship was finally crushed between two ice floes, they attempted a near-impossible journey over 850 miles of the South Atlantic's heaviest seas to the closest outpost of civilization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eEndurance\u003c\/i\u003e, the definitive account of Ernest Shackleton's fateful trip, Alfred Lansing brilliantly narrates the harrowing and miraculous voyage that has defined heroism for the modern age.","brand":"Alfred Lansing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":50397835034981,"sku":"9780465062881","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/2651\/2997\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ccea873b-22f5-40c0-91ac-65361bf18c34.jpg?v=1792086580","url":"https:\/\/www.commonplaceingersoll.ca\/products\/9780465062881","provider":"Commonplace Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}