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u/LuckyStrike7 · 27 pointsr/pics

Also check out Endurance: Shackelton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Another travel/adventure/survival piece and one of the best books I've ever read.

u/getElephantById · 10 pointsr/booksuggestions

Endurance by Alfred Lansing, a history of Shackleton's doomed polar expedition, which ended with him leading a party of sailors hundreds of miles through the snow.

The Martian by Andy Weir, a Robinson Crusoe story about a scientist stranded on Mars trying to survive by jury-rigging various things together.

u/2_hearted · 8 pointsr/HistoryPorn

Endurance is the most incredible story I have ever read. Seriously, you will not be able to put down this book. Hardship after hardship, these men went through hell. And I mean the most horrible hell and chose to survive. Absolutely incredible.

u/mrhorrible · 7 pointsr/RedditThroughHistory

I highly recommend the book Endurance. I'm normally not particularly interested in history, but this was a very engaging and compelling read.

u/Cdresden · 5 pointsr/suggestmeabook

Endurance by Alfred Lansing.

Adrift by Steven Callahan.

u/hydrophobic333 · 5 pointsr/books

May not be what you are looking for but Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing redefines what it takes to be a leader when faced with the worst situation possible. A band of men stranded on ice in the middle of the ocean, trying to survive. One of the most amazing stories I've ever read and Sir Ernest Shackleton is now one of my heroes.

u/nhelm83 · 5 pointsr/science

Fer real this time: Endurance

u/amaterasu717 · 4 pointsr/history

Hahaha, well said! Around January I got into adventure non-fic. If you're interested you might enjoy:

We Die Alone about Norwegians commandos doing batshit crazy stuff during WWII,

Farthest North about Norwegians doing batshit crazy stuff for the sake of exploration, and

Endurance about British adventurers in the Antarctic.

u/tigerraaaaandy · 4 pointsr/booksuggestions

Not all of these have cannibalism, but most:

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Poe, The Boat, In The Heart of The Sea (this is a really awesome book, as are the authors other works), Endurance, Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls, The Wreck of the Medusa, The Wreck of the Dumaru, Life of Pi

A couple non-fiction (with a legal focus) books about the Mignonette incident and the resulting famous case of Regina v Dudley and Stevens: Is Eating People Wrong?, and The Custom of the Sea

u/AgentWorm-SFW · 4 pointsr/AskHistorians

Good list and some new reading material for me!


Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyag covers Shackleton's 1914 Journey. I don't have anything to compare it to, nor am I a Historian expert, but I found it enjoyable and engaging.

u/scaredofplanes · 4 pointsr/booksuggestions

Endurance. Everything you've gone through or are going through pales in comparison to what Shackleton and his men went through. But I hope things get better for you, anyway.

u/nastylittleman · 4 pointsr/ImaginaryLandscapes

This excellent book tells the story of Shackelton's attempt on the South Pole.

Graphic novel, if that's more to your liking.

u/karl2025 · 4 pointsr/todayilearned

Shackleton had a hell of a trip too. Here's a great book on it if anyone is interested.

u/chiragdshah · 3 pointsr/HistoryPorn

If you haven't read it, I highly recommend reading Alfred Lansing's Endurance. Phenomenal book. I don't know how those guys made it through that journey. At one point, they're literally just stuck in an ice sheet for months, waiting to drift north enough for the ice to melt. I would have lost my mind.

(Ninja edit)

u/mzieg · 3 pointsr/jobs

I thought of you when reading about Shackleton's hiring practices in Endurance. He never interviewed candidates longer than 5 min, and hired completely based on what is now known as a "blink" impression. He hired an anthropologist as his meteorologist because he "looked funny," a surgeon because he wore fake glasses to look smarter, and a physicist for his singing skills. Anyway, I figured those would probably send you into an apoplectic fit, so bookmarked them for future use :-)

u/disputing_stomach · 3 pointsr/booksuggestions

For non-fiction, try Endurance, about Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition. Absolutely true, and an amazing story.

u/JustTerrific · 3 pointsr/suggestmeabook

Hmmm... fiction? Non-fiction? First-person meaning told through a first-person narrative style, or just generally following a single person fighting for survival?

Fiction-wise, I'm a fan of To The White Sea by James Dickey. I've also always heard universally good things about the young adult novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, but have yet to read it myself.

In the realm of non-fiction, Touching The Void is a pretty incredible story, and was made into a stellar documentary film. Also, anything about the Shackleton expedition to Antarctica is worth checking out, so there you've got Endurance by Alfred Lansing, as well as Shackleton's own account, South: The Endurance Expedition.

u/jamesneysmith · 3 pointsr/todayilearned

Well this isn't exactly what you are looking for but there is a book called Endurance which is the diary of Ernest Shackleton and others from his crew during an expedition in 1914 to cross over the Antarctic overland. As you would expect, things go horribly wrong and they get stuck. It's a fascinating look into the world of those early 20th century world explorers as well as a very tense story about being stuck in that frozen wasteland without any help.

u/SchurThing · 3 pointsr/books

Endurance - true story about Shackleton's miraculous year on ice in the race to be first to the South Pole

Poe, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

u/Sweetitlerun · 2 pointsr/books

http://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Incredible-Alfred-Lansing/dp/078670621X

I have recommend this to many and never hand anyone say anything other than "This is the best book I have ever read." Short read too.

u/slenderdog · 2 pointsr/science

Endurance is a great read.

u/bookchaser · 2 pointsr/books

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage. It's the most amazing true story (that doesn't involve cannibalism) you'll find.

>In the summer of 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set off aboard the Endurance bound for the South Atlantic. The goal of his expedition was to cross the Antarctic overland, but more than a year later, and still half a continent away from the intended base, the Endurance was trapped in ice and eventually 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 able to set sail again in one of the ship's lifeboats. Alfred Lansing's Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage is a white-knuckle account of this astounding odyssey.

>Through the diaries of team members and interviews with survivors, 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 its 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.

u/undercurrents · 2 pointsr/booksuggestions

Not quite mountaineering disaster books, but still may interest you: Endurance - there are two versions, one is the captain's journal and the other is a nonfiction novel; and No Picnic on Mt Kenya is the autobiography of a man who broke out of a WWII POW camp in order to climb Mt Kenya and then snuck back into the camp

u/AlyssaMoore · 2 pointsr/climateskeptics

The article reminds of the excellent book: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage.

"In the summer of 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set off aboard the Endurance bound for the South Atlantic. The goal of his expedition was to cross the Antarctic overland, but more than a year later, and still half a continent away from the intended base, the Endurance was trapped in ice and eventually 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 able to set sail again in one of the ship's lifeboats. Alfred Lansing's Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage is a white-knuckle account of this astounding odyssey."

http://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Incredible-Alfred-Lansing/dp/078670621X/

u/StinkinFinger · 2 pointsr/travel

Ernest Shackleton did that on an exploration and ended up spending two winters in Antarctica. He and his entire crew survived. He wrote an excellent book about it.

u/Onyxnexus · 2 pointsr/suggestmeabook

Sup homie,

Now firstly before I get into the actual books I am going to recommend Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast - He's effectively doing audiobooks via podcast these days (I'm actually re-listening to "Prophets of Doom" at the moment, it's about 4 hours 30 minutes of excellent storytelling of historical events) - Really, really recommend that. (you can also buy all the old episodes).


Now onto the History Nonfiction books themselves:



Michael Pollan - The Botany of Desire - While somewhat more of an analysis of how plants have become and evolved according to human cultivation the book does an excellent job of historically breaking down each major event and process involved.



John H. Mayer - Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign - Title says it all. Pirates. Open seas. History. Strong recommend.



Alfred Lansing - Endurance - Shackleton's Incredible Voyage - If you love an amazing story of stoicism, heroism, and amazing leadership then anything about Shackleton should be on your list. This epic tale follows Sir Ernest Shackleton's voyage on the Endurance with the aim to cross the Antarctic - which failed. What happened next throughout the following months is an monument to the incredible spirit of a man, his crew, and the desire to get everyone home.

If you need more try looking into the below:

Niall Ferguson - The War of the World

William L. Shirer The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich A History of Nazi Germany

Andrew Roberts - The Storm of War

Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs, and Steel

Marcus Aurelius - Meditations

u/mruttan · 2 pointsr/booksuggestions

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage. Which could also be titled, Nothing is so Shitty, it can't get Shittier.

u/BobBeaney · 2 pointsr/booksuggestions

Oh definitely check out Endurance. It's harrowing!

u/rafikiwock · 2 pointsr/suggestmeabook

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage. No joke, every American household has 3 copies of this book lying around. It's a book about an arctic exploration where pretty much everything possible goes wrong.

u/jrchin · 1 pointr/AskReddit
u/mariox19 · 1 pointr/books

I'm going to have to add Apollo 13, which, before the Hollywood marketeers re-christened it, was called Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13, and also Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage.

In a strange way, these two are essentially the same book. Once the shit hits the fan, you'll spend the entire rest of the book thinking, "Oh, they're dead this time for sure!" They're both great reads.

u/control__dopamine · 1 pointr/NoFap

If you are interested in shackletons journey and the tenacity of human spirit i suggest reading this gem of a book.
http://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Incredible-Alfred-Lansing/dp/078670621X

u/wishiwasonmaui · 1 pointr/whereisthis

Excellent. If anyone's interested in some of the history of this place, read Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage. It's not really about South Georgia, but Shackleton ends up here after an arduous journey.

u/Neuraxis · 1 pointr/offbeat

I encourage everyone to read Endurance, about his amazing trip to the Antarctic. The man was a badass like no other.

u/entropic · 1 pointr/AskReddit

It sounds like you're off to a good start. You sound pretty close to the right height/weight ratio, so it'll probably be pretty hard to see any big weight changes even with a lot of effort. I had a lot of good luck on a bicycle, largely because running would tear my body up, so good luck to you.

There's some good (and conflicting) advice in this thread already, but working out with friends can help you stay at it. In a similar vein, I started playing pick-up basketball at a park a couple nights a week, made some friends there, and my team of 5 would expect me to be out there so we'd have a full team on those nights. That way I'd be sure to be out there since I knew if I wasn't they'd be upset. It really helped on nights where I could have easily packed it in and stayed home, any almost never did I regret actually going. Another thing you can do is train for an event with someone; maybe a mini-triathlon, half-marathon, century bicycle race.

But I actually came to answer your audiobook question. I had some good luck with This American Life (you can get all of the MP3s for free) for awhile but burned out on it a bit. Then I made myself a musical bike helmet and I'm in freakin' heaven with that thing; it's the perfect amount of split attentions for me. I like fitness cycling to adventure/survival non-fiction, I could manage to push myself since the characters had it so much worse. How can you refuse to go balls out for another 3 minute interval when you're listening to a story where someone's starving to death?

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing was my favorite of that genre, had a brilliant reader.

I also liked Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer.

And out of that genre, I've recently listened to Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain and Moneyball by Michael Lewis and I can't stop talking about either of them.

Good luck and keep at it. I got a lot of silver-bullet advice from a lot of well-meaning friends, but what really helped was finding stuff that worked for me and then ignoring them. I'm down about 50lbs over the 16 months or so.

u/wordjockey · 1 pointr/books

Oh, no wait, here's an inspiring book, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage.

>The astonishing saga of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's survival for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as "Time" magazine put it, "defined heroism". Alfred Lansing's scrupulously researched and brilliantly narrated book--with over 200,000 copies sold--has long been acknowledged as the definitive account of the "Endurance's" fateful trip.

It's the end-all be-all of getting-lost-in-the-wilderness-and-surviving-against-all-odds stories. My coworkers and I took some solace in it while working under an abusive, criminal boss who later plead guilty to nine felonies. That time period required endurance to come to work each day.

u/spinozasrobot · 1 pointr/pics

Reminds me of this

u/beccafool · 1 pointr/suggestmeabook
u/peds · 1 pointr/books

In the Heart of the Sea tells the true story that inspired Moby Dick, and is a great read.

If you like non-fiction, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage and The Perfect Storm are also very good.

u/JohnFell · 1 pointr/booksuggestions

Endurance by Lansing

http://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Incredible-Alfred-Lansing/dp/078670621X

Incredible. Life changing adventure read. Really. Go seek it out.

u/drewfes · 1 pointr/Scotch

Ernest Shackleton was a beast of an explorer. After his boat was destroyed by the ice flows in the antarctic, he lead his crew back to safety with ZERO deaths. I fully recommend reading the book, based on their journal entries. Amazon link

u/aspbergerinparadise · 1 pointr/aww

I remember seeing this picture in this book, so he must be one of Shackleton's crew.

u/nocoolnamesleft · 1 pointr/Goruck

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