From The Archive: 3.13.26
Revisiting Shackleton's Endurance.
Hi Friends -
Happy Friday! In case you missed last week’s post, I’m taking a short sabbatical. So this week I thought it’d be fun to revisit three posts from my archive.
At the beginning of last year I was reading and writing about intrepid explorer Ernest Shackleton. The frigid New York winter definitely added to the experience of reading about the trials Shackleton’s men encountered on their expedition to cross Antarctica. First I read Mensun Bound’s book about locating Shackleton’s shipwreck and followed that up by re-reading Alfred Lansing’s classic Endurance. I wrote two essays on these books by using a three-step system to turn my notes into essays.
How To Take Notes On What You Read
A reader recently asked me about how I take notes on books I’m reading.
When I wrote about two books I read on Shackleton’s Endurance expedition, I reviewed what I’d learned, took notes, and shaped my notes into an essay. Here's my three step process for turning your book notes into essays.
Searching for Shackleton's Endurance
“I have dived on countless wrecks around the world. Each is different, each with its own unique character and story to tell about the men and women who travelled on board, about the times in which they lived and about the moments before the ship went down.” -Mensun Bound.
How Shackleton Crossed The Drake Passage
A deep-dive into the equipment, food, and navigation Shackleton used to cross the toughest seas in the world.
What’s capturing your attention this week?
Have a great weekend,
Keith
