Senior investment bank advisor Eric Miller said about Shackleton... "He had some weak members, but he blended them in so they were...

In this journal entry, Orde-Lees notes that Shackleton maintains a positive attitude in dire circumstances and his attitude affects, and...

Monday, 4 January, 1915 The very salt beef reappeared as hash at tea tonight, but as we are now getting South a bit again, no one...

In this journal entry, we catch a glimpse of the extraordinary job Shackleton has done of keeping up the morale of his team and...

In the depths of the polar winter, motor-expert and stores-keeper Thomas Orde-Lees came down with sciatica - often described as lower...

Recently someone asked me, "Who is a present day Shackleton?" I think there are "present day" Shackletons all around us, in all walks of...

Seated next to a CEO who had led a Fortune 100 company through a major, front-page disaster, I asked him how he had done it. He said...

"A leader is a dealer in hope." Napoleon

In the Introduction of Shackleton's Way (bottom of pg. 3 paperback), we mention the week the crew spent in the lifeboats - a horrific...

"In spite of his own great disappointment and we all know that is disastrous enough, he never appears to be anything but the acme of good...

“He knows what the universe expects of man – courage, endurance, faith – faith in the goodness of existence.” Shackleton's comment on his...

Cultivate a sense of compassion and responsibility for others. You have a bigger impact on the lives of those under you than you can...

Dr. Macklin's Journal September 1st [1916] My 27th birthday. On Wednesday last [yesterday], spend morning digging away the snow from...

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...

Me too. That got me thinking about how the guys on Elephant Island were coping with uncertainty while waiting for Shackleton to return...

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

Rummaging through my files, I found this ... Harold Begbie, British author and journalist quoted Shackleton as saying, "Life to me means...

Shackleton described Frank Wild, his trusted second-in-command, as his "second self." He was quoting Cicero, "A friend is a second self."...

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...

During an interview today, we talked about the contrast of the atmosphere on Endurance to another ship that was also trapped by ice off...