Endeavour at Cape Horn

This book is about a long journey by sea from Fremantle in Western Australia to Whitby in Yorkshire. It took 139 days and the author and his shipmates travelled 16626 miles. They were crewing on board the Endeavour Replica modelled on Captain Cook's ship in which he completed a similar journey in the opposite direction in the eighteenth century. The journey is full of hazards and privations like Cook's own journey and the adventures and the vicissitudes are well described and well remembered. The author celebrated his 59th. birthday close to the spot on the earth's surface that is furthest from any land.