Alfred Lansing

Nov 27, 2024 | brickset.com | Alfred Lansing |Tim Jarvis

Posted by FlagsNZ, 28 Nov 2024 03:30 Several LEGO sets will become available on Friday as part of LEGO's Black Friday releases. So, from Friday, 10335 The Endurance will be available. While stocks last, 40729 Shackleton's Lifeboat will be a Gift With Purchase. Read on as I review Shackleton's Lifeboat with a continuation of the fascinating survival story and the role this lifeboat played. Summary40729 Shackleton's Lifeboat, 232 pieces.

Nov 20, 2024 | brickset.com | Alfred Lansing |Tim Jarvis

Posted by FlagsNZ, 20 Nov 2024 14:00 Tomorrow marks the one-hundred-and-ninth anniversary of the sinking of s.y. Endurance in the Weddell Sea. This was the ship that Sir Ernest Shackleton used for the Weddell Sea component of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914. The story of Endurance after she became stuck fast in sea ice, the unrelenting pressure and crushing on her hull prior to her sinking and her eventual loss is an amazing story in itself.

Sep 4, 2024 | mensjournal.com | Paul Theroux |Alfred Lansing |Sara Wheeler |Bill Bryson

We can't go on great adventures all the time, but we can read about them (see books every man should read in his lifetime). Whether it be a Nobel Prize winner driving across America with his dog, Anthony Bourdain taking us on a tour of the world's greatest meals, exploring the mysteries of the American West with Edward Abbey, seeing the Appalachian Trail through the eyes of Bill Bryson, or experiencing frozen hell with Sir Ernest Shackleton, these 25 books will take you on a journey.

Apr 4, 2024 | newsletter.rationalwalk.com | Anne Frank |Alfred Lansing |Candice Millard

This article is the latest installment in a series of “mini reviews” of my reading.

Oct 10, 2023 | faroutmagazine.co.uk | Don Ruiz |Tom Robbins |Ernest Hemingway |Alfred Lansing |Thomas Leatham

Born into the icon Barrymore family of actors, Drew Barrymore was always destined for stardom. After coming through in her breakout performance in Steven Spielberg’s science fiction drama E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Barrymore featured in a series of blockbuster movies of varying genres.