ENDURANCE: SHACKLETON’S INCREDIBLE VOYAGE by Alfred Lansing

ENDURANCE: SHACKLETON’S INCREDIBLE VOYAGE by Alfred Lansing

Narrated by Simon Prebble

…..Grace Under Pressure…..

Here we have an example of life imitating art. Having recently finished listening to Jules Verne’s MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, and finding it to be exciting but unrealistically optimistic and gung-ho, I found that this book proved to be so similar as to be remarkable. The difference is that ENDURANCE is a factual account, and one written years after Verne’s fictional story. Both tales feature noble adventurous men lead by audacious swashbuckling visionaries. I recommend listening to these two books together for the comparison value.

Simon Prebble performs an excellent rendition of men pushed to the limits of human ability.