Classics Considered

by Marian H

ernest shackleton

  • Shackleton’s Endurance – Doomed from the Start?

    Shackleton’s Endurance – Doomed from the Start?

    Fascinating new insights on why the Endurance sank, with implications for Shackleton’s legacy: A broken rudder wasn’t what doomed the Endurance, new analysis suggests Shackleton blamed the sinking of the Endurance on the destruction of its rudder; for more than a century, historians accepted this explanation. Now, an analysis suggests that structural weakness caused the… Continue reading

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  • Polar Exploration Books: Ernest Shackleton and Valerian Albanov

    Taking a look at my small collection of polar exploration classics, mostly focused on Shackleton’s expeditions. Filming this, I realized I really need to read Amundsen and Nansen and then do a sequel. Related:Listen to Shackleton talk about his first trip to Antarctica and climbing Mt. Erebus: https://youtu.be/OUTHZ_9tacM?t=56South by Ernest Shackleton – Book review: https://classicsconsidered.com/2012/0… Continue reading

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  • South: Antarctica, Endurance, and WWI

    Sir Ernest Shackleton‘s South was my spontaneous “heavy reading” for this spring/summer.  At times, my reaction was “What did I myself get into?”  It is a long first-person narrative, stylistically tedious, and inherently repetitive–but absolutely worth the commitment. {Note: Be sure to look through photographer Frank Hurley’s book South with Endurance while you read South. … Continue reading

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