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When Shackleton's ship 'Endurance' was wrecked by pack ice in 1915 the 27 men of his Antarctic expedition had to take to the ice with what supplies they could salvage. They drifted for six months on the grinding, cracking, treacherous flows until they were able to launch their three small boats and to reach the hardly more hospitable Elephant Island. Shackleton's care and leadership had brought them so far, but now he had to find help. South Georgia, 800 miles across the stormiest ocean in the world seemed the most likely prospect. This book is Worsley's account of the voyage that he undertook with Shackleton and three seamen in a 22ft boat. He was the navigator and without his unique skill in those terrible conditions it is probable that this passage, from one minute island to another, would not have succeeded. Happily for us, Worsley was also a naturally talented writer and the dramatic story is interwoven with often acute, amusing observations of his companion's idiosyncracies on the voyage and a sense of his own awe at the menacing beauty of their surroundings. It is a pity that the publishers in reprinting this classic have not ensured better reproduction of the excellent selection of photographs that illustrate the book. Review by JOHN CHALLIS. (Kirkus UK)
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