David Atwell reviewed Endurance by Alfred Lansing
Review of 'Endurance' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
A truly remarkable tale, told without exaggeration or obfuscation; of a bold trip undertaken by exceptional humans, the catastrophe that left them cut off from both their original mission and all civilization, and their unfailing determination to return home through trackless void, beset by increasingly ludicrous obstacles.
The book reads like "The Martian," but it really happened. Or like "Apollo 13," but it was undertaken by men who lived sixty years prior, and made the trek without the benefit of mission control.
They conquered the Antarctic ice pack. They conquered the Drake Passage. And they conquered South Georgia Island. This story is gripping and fascinating, and anyone interested in the age of exploration or disaster stories should read it.
