{"product_id":"2940169981810","title":"The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (Abridged)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn August 1914, renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. They came within eighty-five miles of their destination when their ship, \u003ci\u003eEndurance\u003c\/i\u003e, was trapped fast in the ice pack, and the crew was stranded on the floes. Their ordeal lasted for twenty grueling months, and the group made two near-fatal attempts to escape by open boat before they were finally rescued.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon previously unavailable sources, Caroline Alexander gives us a riveting account of Shackleton's expedition.  An extraordinary re-creation of the terrible beauty of Antarctica, the awful destruction of the ship, and the crew's heroic daily struggle for survival, \u003ci\u003eThe Endurance\u003c\/i\u003e thrillingly describes one of the last great adventures in the brave age of exploration¿perhaps the greatest of them all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HighBridge Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114928357616,"sku":"2940169981810","price":20.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169981810_p0.jpg?v=1763698615","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169981810","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}