Hold Fast: Tom Crean with Shackleton 1913-1916【電子書籍】[ David Hirzel ]

＜p＞There are more famous names than Tom Crean’s from the “heroic age” of Antarctic exploration, but there are few stories as compelling as his. The Antarctic is a harsh place of bitter cold and darkness, where only the strong and resourceful can hope to survive. Crean was such a man. Had he weakened and failed somewhere along the way of his adventurous life, the lives of all might well have been lost, and their stories remained untold.＜br /＞ He left no diary or book; his few letters speak modestly of his exploits, if at all. Hold Fast tells the story of a common man in uncommon circumstances, who met every challenge as it came with steadfast purpose. If he knew fear, he never showed it. He left England with Shackleton’s “Endurance” expedition in August 1914, expecting to be the first to cross the Antarctic continent and come home to lasting fame.＜br /＞ Things didn’t work out according to plan. From the moment his ship “Endurance” was caught in the ice and crushed, throughout the long s．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る