[bksvol-discuss] Re: too much imagination
- From: "Brian Miller" <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 23:16:20 -0800
It is called endurance, by Caroline Alexander, 1999.
I actually don't think I have that one scanned, although it is available
through NLS. Discovery also made an excellent documentary based on the
book, and there was a pretty good made for TV movie with Kenneth Branna
around the same time (2003, I believe).
Shackleton's boat, the Endurance, was crushed in the Wydell Sea ice flows in
1914. They scrambled out onto the ice flows where they stayed for several
months until the ice started to break up. They sailed in a small boat to
Elephant Island, where Shackleton left a dozen or so crew members, and then
sailed across the southern ocean to South George Island, where there was a
whaling station. He got help there, and eventually sailed back to Elephant
Island to get the rest of his crew. amazingly they all survived the
adventure.
Brian Miller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jane Jordan" <juanitatighan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 6:41 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: too much imagination
> Do you happen to have the book called ... um I think it's called
Endurance?
> Ernest Shackleton (sp?) went to the south pole and he and his crew
survived
> there for .. well geez I forget how long. But in the end he had to leave
> most of his crew and get help from somewhere else. I wish I could
remember
> the details It was a whaling station they went to anyhow and .. Well I
read
> an abridged audio version of the book and I would love to read the same in
> full.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Miller" <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 8:30 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: too much imagination
>
>
> > If folks are interested, I have a rather extensive library of polar
> > exploration titles -- all scanned. I used to teach a course on
> exploration
> > and I taught a section on the search for the northwest passage and the
> race
> > for the South Pole.
> > Among my titles is the ultimate bio of Shackleton by Rolland Huntford,
> > simply called Shackleton.
> > I'll upload if there are takers for validation. The quality of the scan
> is
> > high.
> > Brian Miller
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kellie Hartmann" <kellhart@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:02 AM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] too much imagination
> >
> >
> > > I watched Shackleton's Adventure the other night, and it made me
really
> > > cold. The whole exploration team spent 16 months living on a glacier
> with
> > > insufficient sleeping bags and tents. And I thought Minnesota was bad!
> > <lol>
> > > Kellie
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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