Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780393046847 (0393046842)
Publish date: April 1st 1999
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Pages no: 310
Edition language: English
I'm not always able to finish the non-fiction that I pick up, no matter how "worthy" the book or "fascinating" the topic, so I approach with trepidation. I needn't have worried about Worsley's _Endurance_, though. The first three quarters is absolutely, breathlessly riveting. The physical feats of t...