Books like The white darkness by David Grann

Henry Worsley, a devoted husband and father, served as a British special forces officer before turning his focus to the legacy of Ernest Shackleton, the 19th‑century polar explorer he idolized. Worsley, related to Shackleton’s navigator Frank Worsley, amassed artifacts from Shackleton’s expeditions and modeled his military command style on the famed leader’s enduring legacy. In 2008, he crossed Antarctica with two other descendants of Shackleton’s crew, confronting extreme cold, physical exhaustion, and hidden crevasses. Compelled to push further, Worsley left home in 2015, at age 55, to undertake a solitary, grueling walk across Antarctica—a challenge he was determined to conquer. David Grann recounts Worsley’s journey with vivid detail, supported by more than fifty photographs from both Worsley’s and Shackleton’s travels, offering readers a compelling account of courage, love, and extreme endurance.

First publish date: 2018