“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.” — René Descartes
"Beginnings are simple. You take a step forward. If you're going a thousand miles or a hundred yards, it's the same. And maybe endings are simple, too - my finish line, should I succeed in reaching it, is a post pounded into the ice by the United States Geological Survey at the continent's far side, on the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf."
Alfred Lansing's "Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage", is a fascinating true story of adventure, failure, friendship, determination and triumph against the odds. Antarctica the cold remote continent was a forge that refined the 28 man Trans-Antarctic Expedition in the early 1900s that faced almost no chance of survival as they watched their ship crushed by sheet... Continue Reading →
Brains and Brawn 