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Aug 30
2 min

The Situation is Dire on Elephant Island

August 29, 1916, Orde-Lees' Journal A fine sunrise, clear and cold, gave promise of a fine day hopes of which were later on fulfilled. In...

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Margot Morrell

Jul 1
8 min

Remembering Shackleton

Physicist Reginald James generously shared his reminiscences of Shackleton with biographer, Hugh Robert Mill. 22 Albion Road Fallowfield ...

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Margot Morrell

Jun 29
1 min

Wild on Shackleton

Many years after Shackleton died, Frank Wild summed up his thoughts on the "Boss." "I have served with Scott, Shackleton and Mawson, and ...

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Shackleton's Way - Choosing a Second in Command.

Margot Morrell

Jun 29
1 min

Shackleton's Way - Choosing a Second in Command.

Orde-Lees Journal... Wild is our second in command and quite the most popular man (save our leader) amongst us. He has rare tact and the ...

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Margot Morrell

Apr 1
1 min

"His outstanding frankness..."

Perhaps the most remarkable thing that may at once be said of him is that, unlike most people, there is no underside to his character. On...

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Margot Morrell

Mar 28
2 min

Working for Shackleton

Shackleton was no pushover as Dr. Macklin recounts in his 1956 interview with biographer James Fisher. In this section of the interview, ...

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Interviewing with Shackleton | Introduction (2)

Margot Morrell

Mar 27
3 min

Interviewing with Shackleton | Introduction (2)

Shackleton was knighted and feted all over the world for the extraordinary accomplishments of his 1907 - 1909 Nimrod expeditions. He had ...

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Margot Morrell

Mar 20
0 min

Leading Like Shackleton

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Margot Morrell

Mar 19
1 min

Leading through a Disaster

Picture 28 haggard, exhausted men standing on an ice-floe. They are hundreds of miles from civilization. There is no hope of rescue. They...

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Margot Morrell

Mar 17
2 min

Part II - Abandoning Ship

Leading By Example; Communicating Effectively.

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Margot Morrell

Mar 12
1 min

Leading Through a Crisis

When crisis strikes, immediately address your staff. Take charge of the situation, offer a plan of action, ask for support and show absol...

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Margot Morrell

Mar 11
1 min

Shackleton's Way of Handling a Crisis

In the 1950s, Dr. Macklin described how Shackleton handled the crisis when a summer storm left Endurance trapped in a floating sea of ice...

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