Endurance (disambiguation)
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Endurance
(or stamina) is the act of sustaining prolonged stressful effort.
Endurance may also refer to one of the following:
Entertainment
Vessels
Other uses
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Endurance
Endurance is the ability for a human or animal to exert itself and remain active for a long period of time, as well as its ability to resist, withstand, recover from, and have immunity to trauma, wounds, or fatigue. In humans, it is usually used in aerobic or anaerobic exercise...
(or stamina) is the act of sustaining prolonged stressful effort.
Endurance may also refer to one of the following:
Entertainment
- Endurance (TV series)Endurance (TV series)Endurance is an American reality television children's program, currently shown on the Discovery Kids cable network in the United States and also on networks in other countries. The show's format is somewhat similar to the CBS television series Survivor, though with a teenaged cast...
, an American Survivor-style reality TV show for teens - Endurance (television), a Japanese TV game show for students
- Endurance (Star Wars), a fleet carrier in the Star Wars universe
- Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible VoyageEndurance: Shackleton's Incredible VoyageEndurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage is a bestselling book written by Alfred Lansing, and was first published in 1959.The book recounts the failure of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton in its attempt to cross the Antarctic continent in 1914 and the subsequent...
, a 1959 book written by Alfred Lansing about the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition - The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic ExpeditionThe Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic ExpeditionThe Endurance is a 2000 documentary film directed by George Butler about Ernest Shackleton's failed Antarctic expedition in 1914. The Endurance was the name of the ship of Shackleton's expedition.-Plot:...
, a documentary film about the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition - Endurance (film)Endurance (film)Endurance is a docudrama about the famous distance runner Haile Gebrselassie with Gebrselassie playing the role of himself.It was written and directed by Leslie Woodhead and Bud Greenspan, and produced and released by The Walt Disney Company...
, a 1999 film directed by Leslie Woodhead and Bud Greenspan - Jacques Jams Vol 1: Endurance, a mixtape by the band Chester FrenchChester FrenchChester French is an American indie pop band consisting of lead vocalist and songwriter David-Andrew 'D.A.' Wallach and multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Maxwell Drummey...
Vessels
- Endurance (1912 ship)Endurance (1912 ship)The Endurance was the three-masted barquentine in which Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed for the Antarctic on the 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition...
, Ernest Shackleton's Antarctica vessel - ENDURANCEEnduranceEndurance is the ability for a human or animal to exert itself and remain active for a long period of time, as well as its ability to resist, withstand, recover from, and have immunity to trauma, wounds, or fatigue. In humans, it is usually used in aerobic or anaerobic exercise...
, NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
's Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic ANtarctiC Explorer - HMS Endurance (1967)HMS Endurance (1967)HMS Endurance was a Royal Navy ice patrol vessel that served from 1967 to 1991. She came to public notice when she was involved in the Falklands War of 1982.-Service history:...
, a Royal Navy ice patrol vessel which played a part in the Falklands War - HMS Endurance (A171)HMS Endurance (A171)MV Polar Circle was built in Norway in 1990, chartered by the Royal Navy as HMS Polar Circle, and finally purchased as HMS Endurance. She is a former Antarctic ice patrol ship, and is a class 1A1 icebreaker...
, a 1991 Royal Navy Antarctic class 1A1 icebreaker - Endurance (LPD)Endurance class landing platform dock shipThe Endurance class landing platform dock ships are the largest class of ships in the Republic of Singapore Navy . They were designed and built locally by Singapore Technologies Marine to replace the old County class tank landing ships...
, a landing ship of the Singapore navy
Other uses
- Endurance (philosophy), a philosophical theory of persistence and identity
- Endurance (crater)Endurance (crater)Endurance is an impact crater on Mars that was visited by the Opportunity rover from May until December 2004. Mission scientists named the crater after the ship Endurance that sailed to the Antarctic in an exploration voyage organized by Ernest Shackleton.The rover entered the crater interior on...
, a Martian landmark visited by the rover Opportunity - Combat enduranceCombat enduranceCombat endurance is the time for which a military system can remain in combat before having to withdraw due to depleted resources. The definition is not precise; for example the combat endurance of an aircraft, without qualification, is usually the time the aircraft can remain at an altitude...
- Endurance (aircraft)Endurance (aircraft)In aviation, Endurance is the maximum length of time that an aircraft can spend in cruising flight. Endurance is sometimes erroneously equated with range. The two concepts are distinctly different: range is a measure of distance flown while endurance is a measure of time spent in the air...
, the maximum length of time an aircraft can stay in flight.
See also
- Endurance racing (motorsport)
- Endurance ridingEndurance ridingEndurance riding is an equestrian sport based on controlled long-distance races. It is one of the international competitions recognized by the FEI. There are endurance rides worldwide....
, equestrian sport