“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..."

Frank Wild, second-in-command on Endurance and Quest ... "I have served with Scott, Shackleton and Mawson, and have met Nansen,...

"Thus he gets the very best results out of all his staff."

These hurricanes in America's southeastern states, makes one think, What would Shackleton do? Ahead of impending disaster, Shackleton...

"When the ship broke up, Shackleton met the crisis with complete composure ... [that] gives you some idea of [his] greatness.

"We all owe our lives to his leadership"

April 12, 1916 - Orde-Lees' Journal - excerpt As we and the day advanced, the weather deteriorated but the sun's disc was sufficiently...

Shackleton aboard Quest Scrolling through photographer Frank Hurley's journal, this entry caught my eye... March 21, 1916 (For new hat...

As the days darken earlier in the northern hemisphere, we can relate to Shackleton's words in South and marvel at the extraordinary...

Worsley's Journal, November 23, 1915 The blasting of our Leader’s hopes and plans – at all events for this year – must be bitterly hard...

Orde-Lees' Journal - November 21, 1915: "This evening as we were mostly taking it easy & reading we heard Sir Ernest call out, "She's...

Hurley and Shackleton outside their tent at Ocean Camp. NOTE: Hurley's journal entry on November 9, 1915 captures one of Shackleton's...

Worsley's Journal - November 7, 1915 Everyone is happy and contented and hopeful, if not confident, of the future.  Speaking for myself...

Frank Hurley describes how Shackleton led his team through the crisis: "When the ship broke up, Shackleton met the crisis with complete...

When Shackleton finally got back to London in mid-1917, he was asked to speak at a boy's school. He couldn't make it but he wrote back...

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In the frantic days of trying to save the ship and then abandoning Endurance, Frank Hurley initially dashed off relatively brief entries...

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

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