In this excellent book, Lansing has retold the odyssey that Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men endured after meeting disaster in the ice off Antarctica as a haunting epic tale! Structured almost like a seven-act play, the ordeals, setbacks, tough choices, trials, and triumphs of the men unfold in scene after scene, each chapter drawing the reader further in, somehow lending a quick-paced narrative while simultaneously making the reader feel the interminable slow pace of the struggle. As we face the challenges of the 21st century, the leadership and cooperation displayed by Shackleton and his men in their determination to live to tell the tale serve as ideal inspiration.