Endurance by Alfred Lansing is an intense, attention-grabbing story based on Sir Ernest Shackleton’s attempt to be the first person to ever cross the continent of Antarctica. Ernest Shackleton was an Irish Explorer who specialized to explorations to the Artic region. His first exploration to the Artic region was under the command of Robert Scott from 1901-1903. Six years later, he was knighted for commanding the successful British Antarctica Expedition that began in 1907 and ended in 1909. On this journey, Shackleton and his crew came within 97 miles of the South Pole before having to turn around because of a shortage of supplies and food. The Trans-Antarctic exploration was Shackleton’s third journey to the frozen tundra. Long before his journeys
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At this point in his life he had made his first exploration to the Artic with Robert Scott and saw the wealth and excitement that came along with everything. Feeling obliged to came for his wife and provide the financial security that she has been used to Shackleton saw the Artic as an opportunity for wealth. Thus Shackleton began commanding explorations and reaping the benefits.
Shackleton’s plan was simple and his goals seemed achievable; however, finding funding for his journey was not as simple. After many trying attempts to raise funds, he received a considerable contribution from James Caird of $120,000, a $50,000 sum from the government, the Royal Geographical Society donated $5,000, and Dudley Docker and Miss Stancomb-Wills gave small amounts. By selling the rights to any commercial property that the journey might produce, the rights to a book he promised to write, a motion picture and a long lecture series, Shackleton was able to gather the necessary funds for rest of the voyage. With the newly acquired funds, Shackleton bought the Polaris, a sailing vessel specifically built for polar exploration. He renames the ship Endurance. Finding a crew to sail with him on the exploration was relatively easy,
At this point in his life he had made his first exploration to the Artic with Robert Scott and saw the wealth and excitement that came along with everything. Feeling obliged to came for his wife and provide the financial security that she has been used to Shackleton saw the Artic as an opportunity for wealth. Thus Shackleton began commanding explorations and reaping the benefits.
Shackleton’s plan was simple and his goals seemed achievable; however, finding funding for his journey was not as simple. After many trying attempts to raise funds, he received a considerable contribution from James Caird of $120,000, a $50,000 sum from the government, the Royal Geographical Society donated $5,000, and Dudley Docker and Miss Stancomb-Wills gave small amounts. By selling the rights to any commercial property that the journey might produce, the rights to a book he promised to write, a motion picture and a long lecture series, Shackleton was able to gather the necessary funds for rest of the voyage. With the newly acquired funds, Shackleton bought the Polaris, a sailing vessel specifically built for polar exploration. He renames the ship Endurance. Finding a crew to sail with him on the exploration was relatively easy,