After seven days in the boats, they landed on Elephant Island. Throughout their horrific ordeal, Shackleton had exhibited his usual...

Shackleton tells the story in South : Seeing Worsley taking a sun-sighting at noon, Shackleton "jumped into Worsley's boat in order to...

This entry from Orde-Lees Journal provides a picture of what the Endurance crew was doing to keep themselves productively busy during the...

Shackleton In the opinion of Shackleton's team, he was "the greatest leader who ever came on God's earth, bar none." Photographer Frank...

Photographer Frank Hurley and Shackleton at Ocean Camp Imagine being trapped on a melting ice floe with limited food supplies, no chance...

Shackleton had lots of challenges to deal with among his team. Photographer Frank Hurley was a prima donna. Hurley was loud and...

“We could see our base, maddening, tantalizing. Shackleton at this time showed one of his sparks of real greatness . He did not rage at...

"Example is not the main thing in leading others. It is the only thing." Albert Schweitzer, Humanitarian #LeadingByExample

Wreckage of Endurance How would Shackleton deal with the horrific tragedy unfolding in Los Angeles? Lead By Example: Many years after...

Alexander Macklin's Journal - January 6, 1916 Today the surface has been so wet that most of us have spent the time indoors. Personally I...

This is an interesting example of how Shackleton modeled the attitude and behavior he wanted his crew to assume: Orde-Lees' Journal,...

Ed. note: Worsley captured Shackleton's leadership style in this one sentence. Shackleton led by example; he communicated effectively; he...

"...the help and company of our leader might always be relied upon..."

Reginald James, physicist, writing in the 1950s... "He probably never made any deliberately planned steps to this end. His methods were...

Orde-Lees' Journal - November 22, 1915 "... The loss of the ship last night cast a slight wave of depression over the camp. No one said...

Orde-Lees' Journal - November 21, 1915 "This evening as we were mostly taking it easy & reading we heard Sir Ernest call out, "She's...

Frank Hurley on Shackleton... “I always found him rising to his best and inspiring confidence when things were at their blackest.”

Meterorologist Leonard Hussey on Shackleton: “No one could know Shackleton and work under him without feeling that his great strength lay...

Able Seaman William Bakewell: “Very friendly and easy to talk to. As he acted as librarian he would ask me many questions & my opinion...

Frank Worsley's Journal - November 7, 1915 Everyone is happy and contented and hopeful, if not confident, of the future.  Speaking for...