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Ernest Shackleton placed this want ad prior to his third and final Antarctic exploration aboard the Endurance in 1915. The journey was ill-fated. The ship was trapped in ice, marooning the crew for months. But that was only the beginning. Eventually the ice crushed the ship and sank her, leaving the men stranded on an ice flow. And it only got worse from there. In the end, Shackleton managed to save the entire crew but not without a journey that’s hard to believe. If you’re interested in more, read Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing. A more aptly named book, there isn’t.