Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End

by Darrel Bristow-Bovey Narrated by Saul Reichlin

Overview

The discovery of Endurance briefly swept the anxiety and rancour of 2022 from the headlines of the world, and new generations thrilled again to one of the greatest tales of all time.

Acclaimed South African writer Darrel Bristow-Bovey has a deeply personal relationship with the story of Endurance and in this lyrical, loving journey into past and present, into humanity and the natural world, above and below the Antarctic ice, he revisits the famous story from a contemporary perspective, wondering why it seems to mean more today than ever before, and exploring our changing relationship with ourselves and the ice, and with our shared story of survival.

Drawing on literature, natural history, personal memoir and the thrilling epics of polar adventure, this is finally a celebration of the human spirit and the delivering powers of calculated optimism. If the story of Ernest Shackleton and Endurance tells us anything, it's that in the face of self-inflicted natural disaster, when there's no one to help us but ourselves, we can still pull off a miracle or two. From the bottom of the Weddell sea, Endurance still whispers that not all is lost, and not forever.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition, the loss and resurgence of his ship, and memories of growing up in South Africa inform Darrel Bristow-Bovey’s entrancing literary memoir Finding Endurance, about the romantic spirit of adventure and inspiring, myth-making stories. . . . Complemented by beautiful elements of nature writing, biography, and the heroics of polar exploration, this book is a tender tribute to family. . . . With elegiac considerations of subjects including time, hope, and ice, Finding Endurance is a grace-filled memoir about a father and a resilient Antarctic legend." —Foreword Reviews

Product Details

BN ID:	2940178193518
Publisher:	W. F. Howes Ltd
Publication date:	04/06/2023
Edition description:	Unabridged

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