In late August 1916, the group on Elephant Island had little hope of rescue - Shackleton had been gone for over four months - and their...

In this journal entry, Orde-Lees notes that Shackleton maintains a positive attitude in dire circumstances and his attitude affects, and...

Monday, 4 January, 1915 The very salt beef reappeared as hash at tea tonight, but as we are now getting South a bit again, no one...

In this journal entry, we catch a glimpse of the extraordinary job Shackleton has done of keeping up the morale of his team and...

There was nothing in the nature of a set speech. He spoke to us in a group, telling us that he intended to march the party across the...