The journey began in August 1914 in London and the next the world knew of Shackleton was in May 1916, when three ragged men staggered into the whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia. Written by the Captain of the Endurance, the ship used by Shackleton on his 1914-16 ill-fated journey, this book is a remarkable tale of courage and bravery in the face of extreme odds and a vivid portrait of one of the world's greatest explorers.

In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men set sail for the South Atlantic. The object of their expedition was to cross the Antarctic overland. This book tells the story of how the expedition went wrong, and of the crew's struggle for survival.