The Endurance is Found!
Armchair Adventurer
The Armchair Adventurer, Lawrence Howard, has spent his life embracing the story of Ernest Shackleton and The Endurance. He knew that it was only a matter of time until The Endurance would be found. It is absolutely thrilling that is has been found in 2022. Please take the time to read this article in the Portland Tribune by Jason Vondersmith: Howard, huge Shackleton fan, thrilled with Endurance discovery
The co-founder of Portland Story Theater has a lifelong passion for the story of Ernest Shackleton and The Endurance.
Photo by Christopher Onstott
Here is some amazing footage courtesy of the BBC showing The Endurance resting more than 10,000 feet at the bottom of the Weddell Sea.
Lawrence Howard,
Storyteller, Armchair Adventurer, Polar Historian
Photo by Owen Carey
Thank you for being a part of Portland Story Theater’s vision to advance, inspire and expand our community narrative, one story at a time – and in doing so, preserve and promote the ancient art of storytelling in a way that enriches modern life, allowing and encouraging people to be vulnerable and present in ways that are crucial to the full expression of our humanity.
May The Narrative Be With You!®
Armchair Adventurer
Each is a double CD ($20 USD) and the pricing includes shipping within the continental United States. Please email us for additional pricing if you are wanting to ship outside of mainland USA. For more information, please visit Lawrence Howard’s Armchair Adventure page.
Audio CDs
Portland Story Theater is offering these epic stories of great adventure, perseverance, and courage, created and told by Lawrence Howard and recorded before a live audience. Click here to purchase.
With this story Lawrence Howard takes the Armchair Adventure north, to Norway and Greenland and the New Siberian Islands, to Svarlbard and Spitzbergen and Franz Joseph Land. This story goes all the way back to the 1890’s, to the father of polar travel: the one and only Fridtjof Nansen. 2+ hours Buy now.
The true, epic tale of Ernest Shackleton and the British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914. Their valiant ship, The Endurance, was trapped in the pack ice and crushed; Shackleton and his 28 men survived on the ice for over a year and endured incredible hardships. 3+ hours Buy now. 
This is a story of heroic and tragic events in Antarctica when Scott and his companions fought their way to the Pole only to find that Amundsen had beaten him by five weeks. Crushed, utterly exhausted, and short on food and fuel, Scott and his team froze and starved to death, just 11 miles from a huge cache of provisions and supplies. 2+ hours Buy now. 
The Essex is the true story of a Nantucket whaling ship that was rammed and sunk by a sperm whale in the middle of the Pacific Ocean in 1820, leaving 20 men in three small boats with very little food or water. This is the true story that became the inspiration for Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. Meticulously researched and historically accurate. 3+ hours Buy now.
Urban Tellers®
Stories Told Live
Urban Tellers® brings people together to share stories of our mutual human experience. Right now, these live events are postponed until further notice.
You can view the last five years of our video collection on our YouTube channel.
Featured
In this story, Seed of Truth, Kathy tells us how two simple words from an acquaintance moved her to uncover a seed of truth, allowing her to step more fully into herself and that’s a primary goal in her life: to be the best possible version of herself.
These Urban Tellers® shows have given people an inside look into the heart and soul of our community.
Special thanks to our long-time videographers Aaron Hartling and Liz Vaughan for their good work capturing and posting these stories from our live events at The Alberta Rose Theatre, Nordic NW, The Old Church, The Fremont, The Alberta Abbey, and Hipbone Studio.
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