Author(s): Mensun Bound

History | Polar regions

On 21 November 1915, the Endurance, Ernest Shackleton's ship, finally succumbed to the immense pressures of the surrounding ice. Its crew watched in silence as the stern rose twenty feet in the air and then, just like that, it was gone. Over a century later, an audacious plan to locate the ship was hatched. It would finally succeed in March 2022, to headlines all over the world. As one of the world's foremost experts on the Endurance, Bound includes previously untold stories of Shackleton's epic survival and fascinating details about his iconic ship. Complete with numerous photos from the original expedition in 1914-17, as well as from the wreck on the seafloor, this book is the perfect gift for armchair explorers everywhere.

Author Biography: Mensun Bound is a leading marine archaeologist who has discovered many of the world's most famous shipwrecks. He has lectured widely for the British Council and a range of museums, universities, learned societies, archaeological organizations and cruise ships. From 1994 to 2013, he was Triton Fellow in Maritime Archaeology at St Peter's College, Oxford University. He was Director of Exploration on the 2019 and 2022 expeditions to locate Shackleton's Endurance