Frank Hurley's Journal, October 24, 1915 The floes which have been in motion during the afternoon, set in with great energy about 6 p.m.,...

The Endurance crew was listening to a Sunday evening gramaphone concert when... Orde-Lees Journal, October 24, 1915 "...a terrific crash...

None of us are ever going to be stranded on an ice-floe but Shackleton's Endurance expedition is a metaphor for the challenges we all...

Hussey went down and put out the fires at once; fortunately the cook had prepared the dinner & was keeping it hot & when the crash came...

Orde-Lee's Journal - October 18, 1915 After the "pressure" of yesterday we thought that things had settled down a bit but it was not to...

Imagine leading through this... Frank Hurley's Journal, October 17, 1919 The ice seems intent on disturbing our Sunday evening gramophone...

This is another photo I took in the Scotia Sea in November 2000. It gives you a clear idea of what Shackleton and his crew were up...

At this point, Shackleton and the Endurance crew have no idea of the enormous challenges that are ahead of them. Frank Hurley's Journal,...

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I've just been glancing through Dr. Macklin's journal and came across this thought-provoking entry written on August 2, 1916... "It is...

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In speaking of Shackleton and how he brought his whole team home alive from the ill-fated Endurance expedition, the great Norwegian...

This is an interesting riff from store-keeper Thomas Orde-Lees on how Shackleton led his team through the horrific six-day boat journey...

Shackleton's Way... Again, Shackleton set the tone by his own example. “His unfailing cheeriness means a lot to a band of disappointed...

When doing the impossible - catching the Nimrod, surviving the boat journeys, crossing South Georgia, Shackleton had a rock solid faith...