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Shackleton's Way
Practicing for Disaster
Ed. Note: Once they lost Endurance, Shackleton's main concern became his team's survival when breaking out of the ice. This account gives...
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Dec 10, 2024
"A fine character"
Orde-Lees' Journal, October 10, 1915 "I was out sledging with Tom Crean today. ... Tom Crean is a fine character one of the most reliable...
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Oct 10, 2024
"A Pessimist"
Orde-Lees' Journal - 7 December, 1915 In Antarctic camplife the world is so small that there is not much that goes on that does not come...
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Dec 7, 2023
"Old Cautious"
Shackleton loved to refer to himself as "Old Cautious." No one else ever called him that but in this journal entry we catch a glimpse of...
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Dec 4, 2023
"life on an ice floe has its pleasant hours"
Macklin's Journal - November 29, 1915 Did not make an entry yesterday as a large crowd gathered in our limited space to play or criticize...
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Nov 29, 2023
"The most beautiful day..."
Orde-Lees' Journal - November 26, 1915 The most beautiful day we have had in the Antarctic. A clear sky, gentle warm breeze, from the...
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Nov 26, 2023
"An enjoyable concert..."
Hurley's Journal - November 25, 1915 We have quite an enjoyable concert on our own in the tent this evening. We invited several of our...
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Nov 25, 2023
Entertainment on the ice
Macklin's Journal - November 24, 1915 (excerpt) Retired to our sleeping-bags replete and very contented. After getting into our bags most...
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Nov 24, 2023
"Like school days all over again..."
Orde-Lees' Journal, November 24, 1915 Day by day goes by much the same as one another. We work; we talk; we laugh; we eat. Ah, we eat;...
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Nov 24, 2023
"we do not give way to depression"
Orde-Lees' Journal - 22 November, 1915 Temperature minimum +18. Colder & a welcome change from the prolonged thaw. A moderate southerly...
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Nov 22, 2023
"Yet here I am, quite happy..."
Macklin's Journal - November 20, 1915 ... Tonight Hussey has been playing his banjo, and I sat in his tent a while enjoying the music. I...
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Nov 20, 2023
"An exceedingly precarious position"
Macklin's Journal - November 17, 1915 After supper Worsley, Clark, Greenstreet and I held a lengthy discussion on our position and its...
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Nov 17, 2023
"a truly lamentable spectacle"
Orde-Lees' Journal - 17 November, 1915 Temperature +22 about. Same weather as yesterday but more sun. Things left out to "air" dried off...
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Nov 17, 2023
"Like a quartette of schoolboys"
Macklin's Journal - November 16, 1915 ... The camp is completely surrounded by water, the lead varying from 4 - 20 ft. wide all round....
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Nov 16, 2023
"In case of emergency"
Macklin's Journal - November 15, 1916 Today Sir E. read out a list of the duties of every individual in the party in case of an...
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Nov 16, 2023
"This old friendly floe"
Macklin's Journal - November 14, 1915 ... Our greatest trial is the warm temperature and a fine mushy sleet which we commonly get, and...
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Nov 16, 2023
"Depressing in the extreme..."
Orde-Lees' Journal - 16 November, 1915 It’s a fine, warm, overcast day. N.E. wind persists. Until yesterday, I had not been to the ship...
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Nov 16, 2023
Back up plan
Hurley's Journal - November 16, 1915 Finish additional two pairs of crampons during the day. These are manufactured from screws, cut off...
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Nov 16, 2023
"The hottest day we have had"
Orde-Lees' Journal - 15 November, 1915 Temperature +26 [In this journal entry, Orde-Lees notes in the margin: “In rereading this it...
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Nov 15, 2023
"We heard a distant crash"
Orde-Lees' Journal - 14 November 1915 Temperature +25 to 33. Bother the thaw; one lives in a state of perpetually wet feet but, strange...
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Nov 14, 2023
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Leading By Example
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Communicating Effectively
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Keeping Up Morale
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Maintaining a Positive Attitude
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