“We could see our base, maddening, tantalizing. Shackleton at this time showed one of his sparks of real greatness . He did not rage at...

Wreckage of Endurance How would Shackleton deal with the horrific tragedy unfolding in Los Angeles? Lead By Example: Many years after...

Alexander Macklin's Journal - January 6, 1916 Today the surface has been so wet that most of us have spent the time indoors. Personally I...

Ed. Note: Worsley and Macklin wrote similar entries about being perfectly content with their situation. Orde-Lees' Journal - December 11,...

Ed. note: Worsley captured Shackleton's leadership style in this one sentence. Shackleton led by example; he communicated effectively; he...

Orde-Lees' journal, December 2, 1915, "there are a good many of us only too anxious to come down again,"

Reginald James, physicist, writing in the 1950s... "He probably never made any deliberately planned steps to this end. His methods were...

Orde-Lees' Journal - November 21, 1915 "This evening as we were mostly taking it easy & reading we heard Sir Ernest call out, "She's...

Frank Hurley's Journal - November 13, 1915 At noon to-day the temperature rose to +33, with the result that the surface of the floe has...

Image: Hurley and Shackleton at Ocean Camp Editor's Note: In this journal entry from Frank Hurley's journal, we catch a glimpse of what...

“To-night the temperature has dropped to –16 (degrees) Fahr., and most of  the men are cold and uncomfortable. After the tents had been...

Throughout the Endurance ordeal, Shackleton made sure everyone was treated equally so there could be no ill-feelings of favoritism....

"Difficulties are just things to overcome." Shackleton

Hurley's Journal - October 27, 1915 Chips expects to complete the coffer dam tonight, and great hopes are entertained for its success. ...

The journal entries, the crew wrote after abandoning ship on October 27, 1915, are remarkable for the complete absence of panic - a...

Orde-Lees recounts Shackleton's outstanding leadership in the moment of crisis as the Endurance crew is forced to abandon ship. As...

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"Shackleton at this time showed one of his sparks of real greatness..."

Frank Wild, second-in-command on Endurance and Quest ... "I have served with Scott, Shackleton and Mawson, and have met Nansen,...

Ed. Note: Reading over Orde-Lees' diary entries from October 1915, brought to mind the passage below from Shackleton's Way . It...