A well written autobiography that really makes you appreciate the challenges encountered and get a real feeling for what the team were going through day by team. It was quite tedious to read at times (actually, for large chunks) with how detailed the mundane descriptions of each day sometimes were but it did help to make you appreciate what they were going through.

The easiest 5 stars I’ve ever given, honestly this account is more like 7/5 considering that I already gave Worsley’s account of the Endurance Expedition a 5/5.

This is such an unbelievably incredible story of survival told by Shackleton himself. I’d thoroughly recommend this to anyone, whether or not you’re already familiar with the expedition.

we're cold. we're cold and hungry. this seemed like a good idea. wow we didn't plan right.

Listening to Shackleton's account of the Antarctic Expedition made my first full Winter in Sweden seem perfectly comfortable.

Una treintena de tipos atrapados un año en los hielos antárticos da para pensar en nuestra cómoda cuarentena citadina.

Del punto de vista narrativo creo que Shackleton minimizó o diluyó el mérito de otros y obvió sus propias culpas, que investigando en otras fuentes no fueron menores.

También creo que habría sido mejor intercalar las experiencias de los equipos que trabajaban en paralelo para dejarlo cronológico.

Quizás la versión posterior de Alfred Lansing que se basó en todas las bitácoras de la tripulación haya corregido lo anterior.

Shackelton's account is incredibly detailed, but he is not as talented a writer as Worsley. Nonetheless, it's an amazing tale of courage and survival.