In July 1915, Orde-Lees spent a few weeks in Shackleton's cabin recovering from a painful bout of sciatica. He used the opportunity of...

In 1955, Endurance physicist Reginald James wrote a letter full of fascinating insights on Shackleton's leadership to Margery Fisher... I...

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 the...

Dump Camp always makes me think of the wonderful Dava Sobel, author of Longitude and Galileo's Daughter... "I recall the moment as...

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

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

Shackleton's Endurance Expedition - The crew at Dump Camp after Endurance is crushed by the ice.

“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.”...

Frank Worsley on Shackleton's Leadership: “Any and every duty is undertaken cheerfully and willingly and no complaint or whining is ever...

The Endurance crew was listening to a Sunday evening gramaphone concert when... Orde-Lees Journal, October 24, 1915 "...a terrific crash...

None of us are ever going to be stranded on an ice-floe but Shackleton's Endurance expedition is a metaphor for the challenges we all...

On his 1908 - 1909 Nimrod expedition, Shackleton wrote in his diary, "Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all." In other...

On August 30, 1916, Shackleton and Worsley and Crean arrived aboard the humble Chilean vessel, Yelcho to rescue the crew on Elephant...

As August drew to a close in 1916, tension was mounting on Elephant Island. As you'll see in the entries below from Orde-Lee's journal,...

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In speaking of Shackleton and how he brought his whole team home alive from the ill-fated Endurance expedition, the great Norwegian...

This is an interesting riff from store-keeper Thomas Orde-Lees on how Shackleton led his team through the horrific six-day boat journey...

Shackleton's Way... Again, Shackleton set the tone by his own example. “His unfailing cheeriness means a lot to a band of disappointed...

There are parts of Shackleton's Way that I have memorized by heart but I'd forgotten about this long riff from Orde-Lees in Chapter 4 -...

Power Thinking: I work with my employees to establish clear expectations. From Shackleton's Way... The Boss was a stickler for...