{"product_id":"the-ship-beneath-the-ice-the-discovery-of-shackletons-endurance-hardcover-bound-mensun-hardcover","title":"The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance -- Mensun Bound, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"As thrilling as any tale from the heroic age of exploration. ... Bound's account is a triumph. The storytelling is piano-wire taut, the writing saturated with polar moodiness.\" ― \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe inside story of how the \u003cem\u003eEndurance\u003c\/em\u003e, Ernest Shackleton's legendary lost ship, was found in the most hostile sea on Earth, told by the expedition's Director of Exploration.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn November 21, 1914, after sailing more than ten thousand miles from Norway to the Antarctic Ocean, the \u003cem\u003eEndurance\u003c\/em\u003e finally succumbed to the surrounding ice. Ernest Shackleton and his crew had navigated the 144-foot, three-masted wooden vessel to Antarctica to become the first to cross the barren continent, but early season pack ice trapped them in place offshore. They watched in silence as the ship's stern rose twenty feet in the air and disappeared into the frigid sea, then spent six harrowing months marooned on the ice in its wake. Seal meat was their only sustenance as Shackleton's expedition to push the limits of human strength took a new form: one of survival against the odds. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs this legendary story entered the annals of polar exploration, it inspired a new global race to find the wrecked \u003cem\u003eEndurance\u003c\/em\u003e, by all accounts \"the world's most unreachable shipwreck.\" Several missions failed, thwarted, as Shackleton was, by the unpredictable Weddell Sea. Finally, a century to the day after Shackleton's death, renowned marine archeologist Mensun Bound and an elite team of explorers discovered the lost shipwreck. Nearly ten thousand feet below the ice lay a remarkably preserved \u003cem\u003eEndurance\u003c\/em\u003e, its name still emblazoned on the ship's stern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ship Beneath the Ice\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles two dramatic expeditions to what Shackleton called \"the most hostile sea on Earth.\" Bound experienced failure and despair in his attempts to locate the wreck, and, like Shackleton before him, very nearly found his vessel frozen in ice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplete with captivating photos from the 1914 expedition and of the wreck as Bound and his team found it, this inspiring modern-day adventure narrative captures the intrepid spirit that joins two mariners across the centuries--both of whom accomplished the impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mensun Bound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 5.83w x 1.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063297401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2023 pg. 19","brand":"Bound, Mensun","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44111256060132,"sku":"9780063297401","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/51o4zFC-M0L.jpg?v=1773434657","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-ship-beneath-the-ice-the-discovery-of-shackletons-endurance-hardcover-bound-mensun-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}