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Sto caricando le informazioni... The White Darkness (2018)di David Grann
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. AUDIO BOOK VERSION: If it’s about adventure and it’s written by David Grann, it’s going to be good, and this short book didn’t disappoint. My first David Grann book, also an adventure book, was “The Lost City of Z.” My second was his huge bestseller, “The Wager.” That second book I also listened to as an audio book. This book, “The White Darkness,” tells the story of Henry Worsley, devotee of the Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton, an explorer who reached the South Pole (first to do that) and attempted to cross Antarctica on foot in 1911, a fete he failed to complete. Shackleton is perhaps best known for rescuing his men from certain death several times, even when it meant the failure of the mission. In 2008 Worsley trekked across Antarctica with two descendants of Shackleton’s crew. After surviving sub zero temperatures and double digit sub zero wind chills, Worsley made his way home. In short order, he planned his next adventure, a solo trek across Antarctica on foot on November 13, 2015 at the age of 55. I won’t reveal the outcome of that trip in case readers choose to read this short (under 200 pages and 2 audio hours) gem. Grann has been called “simply the best narrative nonfiction writer working today,” and I would have to agree with that. David Grann has written a tense and eloquent account of the adventures of polar explorer Henry Worsley. A lifelong admirer of Earnest Shackleton, Worsley teamed up with two other descendants from Shackleton's crew to re-enact his failed trek from the Ross Ice Shelf to the South Pole. Grann's prose evokes Antarctica's forbidding beauty and conveys the miseries confronted by these explorers convincingly. There are abundant photographs from Worsley's expeditions as well as those of Shackleton and Scott. All-in-all, a riveting and beautiful book. This book of narrative non-fiction tells the story of Henry Worsley, was a British Army officer who embarked on several adventures, retracing the steps of the notable polar explorers Amundsen, Shackleton, and Scott. It also briefly summarizes journeys taken by the explorers he admired and provides background on his personal life. The primary set piece of the book is Worsley’s 2015 attempt to cross Antarctica alone and unaided, pulling a sled laden with supplies and planning to complete a journey of approximately 1000 miles in 80 days. It is a story of single-minded dedication to accomplishing a goal, and the tragic consequences. It is a gripping story of attempting to survive in brutal conditions, pushing the body to the limits of psychological and physical endurance. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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HTML:By the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a powerful true story of adventure and obsession in the Antarctic Henry Worsley was a devoted husband and father and a decorated British special forces officer who believed in honor and sacrifice. He was also a man obsessed. He spent his life idolizing Ernest Shackleton, the nineteenth-century polar explorer, who tried to become the first person to reach the South Pole, and later sought to cross Antarctica on foot. Shackleton never completed his journeys, but he repeatedly rescued his men from certain death, and emerged as one of the greatest leaders in history. Worsley felt an overpowering connection to those expeditions. He was related to one of Shackleton's men, Frank Worsley, and spent a fortune collecting artifacts from their epic treks across the continent. He modeled his military command on Shackleton's legendary skills and was determined to measure his own powers of endurance against them. He would succeed where Shackleton had failed, in the most brutal landscape in the world. In 2008, Worsley set out across Antarctica with two other descendants of Shackleton's crew, battling the freezing, desolate landscape, life-threatening physical exhaustion, and hidden crevasses. Yet when he returned home he felt compelled to go back. On November 13, 2015, at age 55, Worsley bid farewell to his family and embarked on his most perilous quest: to walk across Antarctica alone. David Grann tells Worsley's remarkable story with the intensity and power that have led him to be called "simply the best narrative nonfiction writer working today." The White Darkness is both a gorgeous keepsake volume and a spellbinding story of courage, love, and a man pushing himself to the extremes of human capacity. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Worsley’s trips and historical photos from Shackleton’s expeditions in the early 1900s.
If you like adventure, nature and endurance sports like I do, this book is probably a winner. If those things don’t interest you, this could come off as a bore.
I love to read books about this type of person: those who climb Everest, run Badwater, traverse the Amazon, etc and I’m glad they do these crazy things but they are all crazy indeed. ( )