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The greatest true-life adventure story ever told, now with more photos

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander, with photos by Frank Hurley

October 15, 2022 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR 14 BINGO: Bodies, because the men on this ship were pushed physically beyond all reasonable limits, and also because one member of the expedition team lost all the toes on one foot. Also, it involves crossing bodies of water. BINGO: Snake, Shadow, Cold, Rec’d, Bodies In 2019, I read Alfred Lansing’s Endurance about Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated 1914 Antarctic expedition, and it became one of my favorite books of the year. Shortly after, this book by Caroline Alexander, a companion piece to a 1999 exhibition […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, adventure, antarctica, Caroline Alexander, with photos by Frank Hurley, cbr14, cbr14bingo, KimMiE", nautical nonfiction

KimMiE"'s CBR14 Review No:39 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, adventure, antarctica, Caroline Alexander, with photos by Frank Hurley, cbr14, cbr14bingo, KimMiE", nautical nonfiction ·
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