Margot MorrellOct 24, 2023"We spent an uneasy night..."The Endurance crew was listening to a Sunday evening gramaphone concert when... Orde-Lees Journal, October 24, 1915 "...a terrific crash...
Margot MorrellOct 23, 2023"Inspiring Confidence"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...
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...