In Antarctica, today is Mid-Winter's Day. The sun that disappeared in early May slowly starts to return in early August. That is cause...

Shackleton served as an apprentice for four difficult years in the merchant navy but during that time, he learned lessons that he put...

"Ultimately, his authority as a leader rested on his genuine regard and respect for the men he led." Shackleton's Way Who wouldn't want...

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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...

Another interesting riff from Orde-Lees' journal... December 15, 1914 ...As a matter of fact whilst I was at the wheel, I nearly had the...

Here's a brief entry from Orde-Lees' journal written on the way to South Georgia... It is splendid having Sir Ernest on board, everything...

Shackleton once recalled what a London theatrical manager told him about the challenge of forming a repertory company: “Character and...

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...

In the 1950s, Shackleton biographer, James Fisher (JF) interviewed Endurance captain Frank Worsley's widow Jean Worsley (JW) ... JW: I...

In Lady in Waiting. Lady Anne Glenconner tells of serving as Maid of Honor at Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 coronation at Westminster Abbey....

What do the New England Patriots, NASA rocket scientists, and the Wall Street Journal have in common? They've all used legendary explorer...

OTD in 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew of 27 sailed from South Georgia and into history. They couldn't know their story of...

"A leader is a dealer in hope." Napoleon

Orde-Lees' commenting on Shackleton as a leader, July 7, 1915 Perhaps the most remarkable thing that may at once be said of him is that,...