Margot MorrellJul 18 minRemembering ShackletonPhysicist Reginald James generously shared his reminiscences of Shackleton with biographer, Hugh Robert Mill. 22 Albion Road Fallowfield ...
Margot MorrellJun 301 min"Life - The Greatest of All Games."Rummaging through my files, I found this ... Harold Begbie, British author and journalist quoted Shackleton as saying, "Life to me means ...
Margot MorrellJun 291 minShackleton on his second-in-commandShackleton described Frank Wild, his trusted second-in-command, as his "second self." He was quoting Cicero, "A friend is a second self."...
Margot MorrellJun 291 minShackleton'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 ...
Margot MorrellApr 231 minKeeping Up Morale in Tough TimesDuring an interview today, we talked about the contrast of the atmosphere on Endurance to another ship that was also trapped by ice off A...
Margot MorrellApr 213 minPut Your Strengths to WorkHow are you doing, my darlings? Are we having fun yet? I don't know about you, but last week, I was deteriorating into frazzled and crabb...
Margot MorrellApr 11 minCelebrate!Shackleton celebrated accomplishments, milestones and holidays. In his account of the crossing of South Georgia, he wrote that he, Worsle...
Margot MorrellApr 12 min"He was constantly on the watch for any break in morale..."In the 1950s, Shackleton's tentmate on the ice, Reginald James, shared his memories of the Boss' leadership strategies... His methods wer...
Margot MorrellApr 11 min"He never admitted defeat."There was an Irish strain in him and he was full of imagination. He could see the whole thing accomplished, and he never admitted defeat....
Margot MorrellMar 261 minThinking Beyond OurselvesAs we struggle through this current crisis, it's easy to default into thinking about the inconveniences and annoyances we're dealing with...
Margot MorrellMar 251 minGetting the Group through a Crisis“Not only the main problem but its details absorbed him. Food, how to get it, how to eke out our slender stock of preserved food to give ...
Margot MorrellMar 191 minLeading through a DisasterPicture 28 haggard, exhausted men standing on an ice-floe. They are hundreds of miles from civilization. There is no hope of rescue. They...
Margot MorrellMar 111 minShackleton's Way of Handling a CrisisIn the 1950s, Dr. Macklin described how Shackleton handled the crisis when a summer storm left Endurance trapped in a floating sea of ice...
