If you are of the belief that exploration is a thing of the past, or if you are tired of listening to armchair and social media pseudo adventurers, then read The white darkness, by David Grann. It will bring back your faith in adventuring, and the ability of certain rare figures to embody it, even in the 21st century, at the risk of being consumed by their dreams.
The story of Henry Worsley is one of a man who spent his entire life in pursuit of an adventurous ideal. A great fan of Sir Ernest Shackleton, this British army officer was a strapping young man whose physical capacities were only the tip of his personality. So vast and powerful was his mental strength, that he aligned with the motto of his polar hero: “through endurance, we conquer”. He did not waver from “Shacks’” own compass, both figuratively