Brilliantly told tale of persistence and collaboration
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The Ship Beneath The Ice by Mensun Bound; Hardback, 403 pages, 39 photos and diagrams; Published by Macmillan.
e loss of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance is the stuff of legend. She was crushed in the ice of the Weddell Sea in 1915. The subsequent escape of Shackleton and his men is an epic of heroism and survival.
Now Mensun Bound’s book The Ship Beneath the Ice provides a detailed and well-written account of the international efforts which finally discovered the wreck. It’s a story of persistence and international collaboration in the face of seemingly endless problems – brilliantly told. Read More..
