An Epic Feat Of Endurance

The National Geographic Endurance takes a polar plunge into unexplored territory.

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IN 1914, POLAR EXPLORER ERNEST Shackleton attempted to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent on his vessel, the aptly named Endurance. The journey was recognized as the last epic feat in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

More than 100 years later, Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographics unveils the namesake and a new age of arctic expeditioning in the