Nick's Non-fiction

Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! Todays show takes us to the South Pole and beyond in the infamous imperial trans-antarctic trek lead by Ernest Shackelton. The story takes place in 1915 and is considered the symbolic end to “the heroic age”. Many men dream about discovering new land and being the first to set foot in uncharted territory. A lot of these peoples minds would change after reading the risks these ex-pirates took just to make it to the continent alone. Us 21st century men: born too late to explore the globe, born too early too explore the stars, born just in time to explore our feelings. Her majesty, The Endurance, breaks the ice with her jet black hull, penetrating deep into the arctic circle with 27 men, 69 sled-dogs and 1 cat (Chippy) aboard. Shackelton spent months adrift in a life raft, hitching up to ice floes and saving men from falling into crevasses. Do breath icicles hanging from your mouth, nose and eyes sound like a good time? How about