Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz!

Todays show takes us to the South Pole and beyond in the infamous imperial trans-antarctic trek lead by Ernest Shackelton. The story takes place in 1915 and is considered the symbolic end to “the heroic age”. Many men dream about discovering new land and being the first to set foot in uncharted territory. A lot of these peoples minds would change after reading the risks these ex-pirates took just to make it to the continent alone. Us 21st century men: born too late to explore the globe, born too early too explore the stars, born just in time to explore our feelings.

Her majesty, The Endurance, breaks the ice with her jet black hull, penetrating deep into the arctic circle with 27 men, 69 sled-dogs and 1 cat (Chippy) aboard. Shackelton spent months adrift in a life raft, hitching up to ice floes and saving men from falling into crevasses. Do breath icicles hanging from your mouth, nose and eyes sound like a good time? How about eating only penguin hoosh for over a year? Oddly enough, after the fact the adventurers missed their time adrift as survival situations reveal more about leadership, teamwork and human psychology than any ethical lab study. Don’t forget your mittens, preparation is essential in any domain that’ll test how much hell you can endure.

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00:40 Introduction

02:55 About the Author

05:15 Ch1: The Heroic Age

11:45 Ch2: South

18:30 Ch3: The Breakup

23:55 Ch4: Patience Camp

30:15 Ch5: Into the Boats

34:30 Ch6: Voyage of the Caird

37:50 Ch7: South Georgia Island

42:45 Ch8: Elephant Island

47:45 Next Time & Goodbye!

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