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Shackleton's Way
Margot Morrell
Oct 18
Beginning of the End for Endurance
Beginning of the end for Endurance
Margot Morrell
Oct 17
"A Tower of Strength and Endurance"
“He was a tower of strength and endurance, and he never panicked in any emergency. And he was the most generous man I ever came across.”...
Margot Morrell
Oct 17
"Sparks of Real Greatness"
"Shackleton at this time showed one of his sparks of real greatness..."
Margot Morrell
Oct 16
Powerful Lesson from Shackleton
This account, written in the 1950, discusses Endurance's stay in Buenos Aires in 1914. The passage highlights a particularly powerful...
Margot Morrell
Oct 16
Shackleton's thinking on Endurance
…I think that though failure in the actual accomplishment must be recorded, there are chapters in this book of high adventure, strenuous...
Margot Morrell
Oct 15
"All the Best Points of Leadership"
Frank Wild, second-in-command on Endurance and Quest ... "I have served with Scott, Shackleton and Mawson, and have met Nansen,...
Margot Morrell
Oct 15
Shackleton in Hollywood
It's great to have friends who send links to Shackleton news in the Hollywood Reporter... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-...
Margot Morrell
Oct 14
Keeping Up Morale
Ed. Note: Reading over Orde-Lees' diary entries from October 1915, brought to mind the passage below from Shackleton's Way . It...
Margot Morrell
Oct 14
Profile of Leonard Hussey, Meterologist
Orde-Lees Journal Thursday, 14 October, 1915 Temperature +31 to +15. A clear mild day. Awful slushy on deck. Today we had all meals up...
Margot Morrell
Oct 14
Profiles of the Endurance Crew
Profiles of the Endurance crew.
Margot Morrell
Oct 12
"Preparations are in full swing..."
Entries from Frank Hurley's journal provide a glimpse of life aboard Endurance , nine months after the ship was frozen in by the ice....
Margot Morrell
Oct 11
"...the very best results..."
"Thus he gets the very best results out of all his staff."
Margot Morrell
Oct 10
What Would Shackleton Do?
These hurricanes in America's southeastern states, makes one think, What would Shackleton do? Ahead of impending disaster, Shackleton...
Margot Morrell
Oct 10
"A fine character"
Orde-Lees' Journal, October 10, 1915 "I was out sledging with Tom Crean today. ... Tom Crean is a fine character one of the most reliable...
Margot Morrell
Oct 10
Life Aboard Endurance
Photographer Frank Hurley's Journal, October 9,1915 Sweethearts and wives* toasted with music and song. One member places ice on Sir...
Margot Morrell
Oct 8
Leading through a Crisis
"When the ship broke up, Shackleton met the crisis with complete composure ... [that] gives you some idea of [his] greatness.
Margot Morrell
Oct 7
Leadership in Action
Reginald James, physicist on Endurance wrote in the 1950s... "I remember the chaos that reigned on board the ship in the harbour at...
Margot Morrell
Oct 6
"In every battle you will need..."
Leading through tough times...
Margot Morrell
Oct 5
"We all owe our lives to his leadership"
"We all owe our lives to his leadership"
Margot Morrell
Oct 4
Leadership Under Pressure
Shackleton, Wild, in the front on the left, and Endurance crew after abandoning ship. Captain Frank Worsley, Journal Entry - November 7,...
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Leading By Example
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Communicating Effectively
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Keeping Up Morale
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Maintaining a Positive Attitude
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