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Shackleton's Way


Thinking ahead...
Worsley's Endurance ... " Within the ship, to counteract the depression caused by darkness, we had a particularly brilliant scheme of...

Margot Morrell
Jun 11
"Shackleton had a genius..."
From Worsley's Endurance ... "Shackleton had a genius - it was neither more or less than that - for keeping those about him in high...

Margot Morrell
Jun 10
Keeping up morale
Worsley, Endurance ... "... I remember looking at each one of the company present, and trying to image how he would feel had he heard...

Margot Morrell
Jun 9
"with characteristic foresight"
Shackleton's outstanding trait that leaps off the page of his Endurance journal, was, as Worsley puts it, his "characteristic...

Margot Morrell
Jun 7
"I admired his self-control"
Worsley writing in his 1931 book, Endurance , about his July 13, 1915 conversation with Shackleton and Wild about the ship inevitably...

Margot Morrell
Jun 6
Endurance was going to sink
Frank Wild, who Shackleton regarded as a "second self," said, "'Yes, but we are not going to let the ice get us. The poor little Endurance...

Margot Morrell
Jun 5
More from Sir Edmund Hillary
From Sir Edmund's Introduction to Shackleton's Boat Journey ... "Most of us have a hero or two that we openly or secretly admire, even if...

Margot Morrell
Jun 4
Shackleton's Boat Journey
Edmund Hillary's Introduction to Shackleton's Boat Journey by F. A. Worsley, June 28, 1976... "I would venture to guess that if a survey...

Margot Morrell
Jun 3


From prison, Paul wrote to friends in Philippi...
My great, great grandfather's Bible purchased in New York City in 1853. My interest in the Apostle Paul was triggered by a question...

Margot Morrell
Jun 2


How did the American Revolution get started?
Houses of Parliament before 1834 In the fall of 1774, the colonists sent a petition to George III explaining the contentious issues from...

Margot Morrell
Jun 1


Shackleton on the Endurance Expedition
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May 28


Eisenhower on Leadership
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May 27
Hurley's take on the haircuts
Hurley's Journal, May 19, 1915 A form of mid-winter madness has manifested itself, all hands being seized with the desire to have their...

Margot Morrell
May 27


"Side splitting fun" aboard Endurance
Orde-Lees Journal, May 19, 1915 Aboard Endurance, May 19, 1915 We have had side splitting fun this evening. Everyone submitted to having...

Margot Morrell
May 27


Rookies will always be teased...
A couple of blasts about U.S. Army life in 1918... "Well about camp life, when we got here Sunday we had dinner then we took our...

Margot Morrell
May 26


A Salute to America's Armed Services
Running the Guns at Vicksburg, 1863 To commemorate Memorial Day, I've posted a photo-essay based on the letters my grandfather sent to...

Margot Morrell
May 26


Our Star-Spangled Banner
Three weeks after British troops burned down the White House and the U.S. Capitol in 1814, the British Navy took aim at Fort McHenry,...

Margot Morrell
May 25
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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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