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...

Spotted on Xwitter a few days ago... Elon Musk: "The biggest mistake I made is to put too much of a weighting on somebody's talent and...

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...

Image from Orde-Lees' Journal, November 4, 1915 Editor note: It's always interesting to see two people's take on a situation such as, in...

In the face disaster, nobody knew where they were, nobody was coming to find them, floating along on a disintegrating ice-berg,...

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

Orde-Lees' Journal - October 30, 1915 "The order went forth that we should start the march at 3 p.m. and that we were to each carry only...

Physicist Reginald James in a letter to a Shackleton biographer in the 1950s... "There was nothing of the nature of a set speech.  He...

Leading like Shackleton

"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...

“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...

“I always found him rising to his best and inspiring confidence when things were at their blackest.” – Frank Hurley, photographer ,...

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

Orde-Lees' Journal - October 24, 1915 In this journal entry, we see Shackleton, in a crisis, ahead of his team. #LeadingByExample "We had...

Getting the best from your team.

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