Margot MorrellOct 27, 2023Shackleton's leadership in disasterShackleton's Endurance Expedition - The crew at Dump Camp after Endurance is crushed by the ice.
Margot MorrellOct 22, 2023Caring for the crew...In mid-winter 1915, Orde-Lees had an attack of sciatica (generally pain in the lower back or leg). He was nursed back to health by...
Margot MorrellOct 21, 2023"the greater becomes my admiration"Thomas Orde-Lees Orde-Lees began his journal as an extended letter to his wife and maintains the same chatty voice throughout the...
Margot MorrellNov 11, 2022Celebrating Veteran's DayLetter to my grandmother November 11, 1918, 11:30 a.m. Dearest, Have just come in from outside where I heard the bells of Verdun (where I...