Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Endurance: 4 stars

Endurance by Alfred Lansing (Voyages)
Bound for Antarctica, where polar explorer Ernest Shackleton planned to cross on foot the last uncharted continent, the Endurance set …
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Bound for Antarctica, where polar explorer Ernest Shackleton planned to cross on foot the last uncharted continent, the Endurance set …

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