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The discovery of Endurance briefly swept the anxiety and rancour of 2022 from the headlines of the world and new generations thrilled again to one of the greatest tales of all time

Acclaimed South African writer Darrel BristowBovey has a deeply personal relationship with the story of Endurance and in this lyrical loving journey into past and present into humanity and the natural world above and below the Antarctic ice he revisits the famous story from a contemporary perspective wondering why it seems to mean more today than ever before and exploring our changing relationship with ourselves and the ice and with our shared story of survival

Drawing on literature natural history personal memoir and the thrilling epics of polar adventure this is finally a celebration of the human spirit and the delivering powers of calculated optimism If the story of Ernest Shackleton and Endurance tells us anything its that in the face of selfinflicted natural disaster when theres no one to help us but ourselves we can still pull off a miracle or two From the bottom of the Weddell sea Endurance still whispers that not all is lost and not forever