{"id":2782,"date":"2012-02-24T12:29:26","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T00:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auip.wordpress.com\/?p=2063"},"modified":"2012-02-24T12:29:26","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T00:29:26","slug":"library-endurance-offers-best-account-of-antarctic-expedition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/library-endurance-offers-best-account-of-antarctic-expedition\/","title":{"rendered":"Library: Endurance offers best account of Antarctic expedition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Amanda Wilson, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.auip.com\/hokies\/home\/index.php\">Hokies Abroad<\/a>\u00a0 marketing intern, recommends <a href=\"http:\/\/www.auip.com\/programs\/antarctica.php\">Antarctica<\/a>\u00a0 bound travelers to read Alfred Lansing\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/endurance-alfred-lansing\/1101567042?r=1&amp;ean=9780842308243&amp;cm_mmc=Google+Product+Search-_-Q000000630-_-Endurance-_-9780842308243\">Endurance: Shackleton\u2019s Incredible Voyage:<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In 1912, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernest_Shackleton\">Sir Ernest Shackleton<\/a>\u00a0 and his men set sail from Norway on the 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctica Expedition, beginning one of the most infamous voyages in history. Set out to be the first to cross the continent, Shackleton and his men became trapped on the ice for months on end and repeatedly faced with obstacles. While the ill-fated voyage was one of struggle, loss and hardship, it soon became a universal tale of heroism, perseverance and leadership.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/endurance-alfred-lansing\/1101567042?r=1&amp;ean=9780842308243&amp;cm_mmc=Google+Product+Search-_-Q000000630-_-Endurance-_-9780842308243\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2065\" title=\"Endurance\" src=\"http:\/\/auip.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/endurance.jpg?w=188\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Many authors have chosen to write about Ernest Shackleton\u2019s epic journey to Antarctica; however, I think the best version of the tale is by Alfred Lansing. Lansing tells the death-defying saga of the polar explorer\u2019s fight for survival in Antarctica\u2019s ice-laden seas. He masterfully narrates the fateful journey, capturing the emotions of Shackleton\u2019s men.<\/p>\n<p>Lansing interviewed numerous survivors of the expedition and researched countless diaries and documents in order to create an accurate narrative with the emotion of a firsthand account. You can order Lansing\u2019s book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/endurance-alfred-lansing\/1101567042?r=1&amp;ean=9780842308243&amp;cm_mmc=Google+Product+Search-_-Q000000630-_-Endurance-_-9780842308243\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lansing\u2019s account is a must-read for anyone interested in polar history and exploration or any <a href=\"http:\/\/www.auip.com\/programs\/antarctica.php\" target=\"_blank\">Antarctica<\/a>\u00a0 study abroad student.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda Wilson, Hokies Abroad\u00a0 marketing intern, recommends Antarctica\u00a0 bound travelers to read Alfred Lansing\u2019s Endurance: Shackleton\u2019s Incredible Voyage: In 1912, Sir Ernest Shackleton\u00a0 and his men set sail from Norway on the 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctica Expedition, beginning one of the most infamous voyages in history. Set out to be the first to cross the continent, Shackleton and his men became&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,21,30,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2011-12-interns","category-antarctica","category-library","category-student-perspective"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}