Shackleton's Endurance Expedition - The crew at Dump Camp after Endurance is crushed by the ice.

“I do not think there is any doubt that we all owe our lives to his leadership and his power of making a loyal and coherent party out of...

Frank Hurley's Journal, October 26, 1915 "Extremely heavy pressure set in again opening planking 4 & 5 inches on the starboard side. ...

“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.”...

Shackleton, South, October 25, 1915 "I scarcely dared hope now that the Endurance would live, and throughout that anxious day I reviewed...

McNeish's Journal, October 24, 1915 "I dont know what Lat we are in at present but things looks a bit serious now I have built a coffer...

Frank Worsley on Shackleton's Leadership: “Any and every duty is undertaken cheerfully and willingly and no complaint or whining is ever...

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...

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,...

On his 1908 - 1909 Nimrod expedition, Shackleton wrote in his diary, "Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all." In other...

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I'm looking forward to doing some online chats about Shackleton and leadership soon but I have a lot going on these days - a major dental...

On August 30, 1916, Shackleton and Worsley and Crean arrived aboard the humble Chilean vessel, Yelcho to rescue the crew on Elephant...

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

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