The Reentry of Shackleton

Travel and expeditionary literature engenders people. It's very exciting, I think it's what draws readers to these stories because of what it can elicit in terms of sentiment. When Shackleton got back to Britain after the endurance expedition, he struggled. Conventional domesticity and the quiet life did not sit well with him. He was smoking as much as ever drinking heavily and putting on weight. Mary weather Lewis certainly suffered from this. The letdown, the maybe postpartum feeling that he got,. They get when they get back into the coziness and comforts of domestic life and civilization. Again, that reentry issue that peak experience is over. There's a sadness. You