Thanks for the recommendation. On a related note, I have enjoyed The Terror, inspired by the account of Sir Franklin’s lost expedition. Also the audiobook rendition is amazing.
Did they ever finish the AMC series? I read The Terror when it came out, years ago, and always thought it would be an amazing miniseries / TV show, but nobody I knew had read it. Then I heard rumblings that a show was in the works and I couldn't believe it! But it took years to get to release, and then I never followed up on whether it was successful or not. Great book, though.
I really liked the book and then watched the show years later. The first season of the show covers the book. Overall I liked the show, though not as much as the book. It followed my memory of the book fairly well aside from a few significant changes.
There's a second season of the show about a totally different story that I didn't really care for.
I loved that one. For some reason the bit that stuck with me the most was the inside joke they had about all penguins knowing Robert Clark, because they seemed to be calling his surname all the time.
I read Endurance many times when I was younger. Had lunch with someone who turned out to be the son of the architects who designed Alfred Lansing's house! I know, obscure...
It really is a high quality piece of writing. Lansing was a skilled journalist, and the way he tells the story hooks you--seriously--from the first page.
After reading it you walk away utterly astonished that all of that actually happened.
