* Lansing's account was a Weidenfeld bestseller when it was republished in the UK last year and has sold over a quarter of a million copies in USA. Hurley's spectacular photography is famous in its own right and will make the book an even more unforgettable read. * Wonderful reviews: 'Scrupulously reconstructed from the diaries of Shackleton and from interviews with survivors by the journalist Alfred Lansing in 1959... This gripping day-by-day account is one of the greatest adventure stories of human determination to survive against almost impossible odds.' Daily Mail; 'A thrilling reading experience! One of the great adventure stories of our time.' New York Times Book Review; 'One of the most gripping, suspenseful, intense stories of anyone will ever read.' Chicago Tribune * TriStar have bought the film rights - Liam Neeson will star and Wolfgang Peterson (Das Boot) will direct. * Publication coincides with major exhibition on Shackleton at the National Maritime Museum in London.

Alfred Lansing a journalist and a freelance writer. Endurance was his first book. He died in 1975. Frank Hurley was an Australian photographer. From 1911-14 he accompanied Douglas Mawson on his Australasian Antarctic Expedition and was one of the party that sledged to the South Pole. On his return he was recruited on to Shackleton's trans-Antarctic expedition. He died in Sydney in 1962 at the age of 71.