How Long to Read Shackleton's Dream

How Long Does it Take to Read Shackleton's Dream?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 26 minutes to read Shackleton's Dream by Stephen Haddelsey

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In November 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton watched horrified as the grinding ice floes of the Weddell Sea squeezed the life from his ship, Endurance. Caught in the chaos of splintered wood, buckled metalwork and tangled rigging lay Shackleton’s dream of being the first man to complete the crossing of Antarctica. Shackleton would not live to make a second attempt – but his dream endured. Shackleton’s Dream tells for the first time the story of the British Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary. Forty years after the loss of Endurance, they set out to succeed where Shackleton had so heroically failed. Using tracked vehicles and converted farm tractors in place of Shackleton’s man-hauled sledges, they faced a colossal challenge: a perilous 2,000-mile journey across the most demanding landscape on the planet. This epic adventure saw two giants of twentieth-century exploration pitted not only against Nature at her most hostile, but also against each other. Planned as a historic (and scientific) continental crossing, the expedition would eventually develop into a dramatic ‘Race to the South Pole’ – a contest as controversial as that of Scott and Amundsen more than four decades earlier.

How long is Shackleton's Dream?

Shackleton's Dream by Stephen Haddelsey is 489 pages long, and a total of 126,651 words.

This makes it 165% the length of the average book. It also has 155% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Shackleton's Dream Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 32 minutes to read Shackleton's Dream aloud.

What Reading Level is Shackleton's Dream?

Shackleton's Dream is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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