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

In 1995, on my way to Antarctica for the first time, I stopped by the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington, NZ to take a look at...

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

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,...

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

Shackleton biographer, James Fisher, met with sailmaker Walter How on Sept. 1, 1955 to discuss How's memories of the Endurance...

Dr. Macklin's Journal September 1st [1916] My 27th birthday. On Wednesday last [yesterday], spend morning digging away the snow from...

I haven't gotten very far. I come across something that makes me think and leads me to rummage through my files. For example......

Orde-Lees Journal... Wild is our second in command and quite the most popular man (save our leader) amongst us. He has rare tact and the...

How are you doing, my darlings? Are we having fun yet? I don't know about you, but last week, I was deteriorating into frazzled and...

Shackleton was knighted and feted all over the world for the extraordinary accomplishments of his 1907 - 1909 Nimrod expeditions. He had...