Journal Entry 1 by CrazyDutchwoman from Heemstede, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Wednesday, July 13, 2011

In the summer of 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set off aboard the Endur ance bound for the South Atlantic. The goal of his expedition was to cross t he Antarctic overland, but more than a year later, and still half a continent aw ay from the intended base, the Endurance was trapped in ice and eventuall y was crushed. For five months Shackleton and his crew survived on drifting ice packs in one of the most savage regions of the world before they were finally ab le to set sail again in one of the ship's lifeboats. Alfred Lansing's Enduran ce: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage is a white-knuckle account of this astoun ding odyssey.

Through the diaries of team members and interviews with survivo rs, Lansing reconstructs the months of terror and hardship the Endurance crew suffered. In October of 1915, there "were no helicopters, no Weasels, no Sno-Cats, no suitable planes. Thus their plight was naked and terrifying in i ts simplicity. If they were to get out--they had to get themselves out." How Shackleton did indeed get them out without the loss of a single life is at the heart of Lansing's magnificent true-life adventure tale.


Second copy. 

Journal Entry 2 by CrazyDutchwoman at Heemstede, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Released 10 mos ago (7/13/2011 UTC) at Heemstede, Noord-Holland Netherlands

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Bought this on amazon.co.uk today for candy. Hope it arrives soon and you'll enjoy it as much as I did.  

Journal Entry 3 by candy-is-dandy at Braintree, Essex United Kingdom on Thursday, August 11, 2011

Received, via Amazon, from marlene. Looking forward to reading about this rather excessive vacation. ;-p