![]() With only hours to spare, Bound’s divers, with help from submersibles scanning the sea floor, not only located the Endurance 9,842 feet below the surface, they could see “the seams between the planks and even the nails that fastened them.” The ship sat largely intact on the sea floor, looking “as if someone had laid her out gently on the silt and said, ‘Wait here now, wait until somebody finds you.’” Declaring that “our mission was to find, record, educate and disseminate through publication,” Bound leaves the question of what will happen next to the Endurance for future adventurers and archaeologists to answer. ![]() Again, however, the clock was ticking, and Bound had to decide how much faith to put in coordinates recorded by Worsley at a time when a whiteout had been obscuring the horizon - a necessary reference point for an accurate sextant reading. Experience one of the greatest adventure stories of the modern age in this New York Times bestseller: the harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackletons 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole. Books such as these offer to tell the accounts of thrilling. While no one in Shackleton leaves the planet, the story this book tells about humanity’s passion for exploration, the risks of. In this section, we offer true stories on the topics of heroism, endurance and survival. ![]() We share 10 fantastic books you will love if you loved The Endurance by Caroline Alexander. During the next two years, Bound raised enough money to return with better instruments and a mostly new cadre of experts, including deep-sea divers. We share 10 fantastic books you will love if you loved The Endurance by Caroline Alexander. ![]()
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