
The Wager
David Grann
2023

Alfred Lansing · 1959
357 pages
In 1914 Ernest Shackleton sets out to cross Antarctica; in 1915 his ship is crushed by the ice and the crew is left stranded. This account follows their months on drifting floes and the desperate open-boat journey he makes to seek rescue.
Arctic, Survival, Nautical Adventure, Deserted Island, Found Family
Content warnings: animal death