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Shackleton's Way
"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...
Margot Morrell
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...
Margot Morrell
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...
Margot Morrell
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...
Margot Morrell
Nov 14, 2023
"A walk to the wreck..."
Hurley's Journal - November 14, 1915 During the afternoon, Wild and I went for a walk to the wreck. We found the intervening ice much...
Margot Morrell
Nov 14, 2023
"the ring of hearty laughter"
Hurley's Journal - November 13, 1915 At noon to-day the temperature rose to +33, with the result that the surface of the floe has become...
Margot Morrell
Nov 13, 2023
"We do not want unpleasantness..."
Dr. Macklin's Journal - November 10, 1915 Has turned very cold tonight. This afternoon Worsley and others had a clean out of the tent - a...
Margot Morrell
Nov 13, 2023
Lincoln on success
#Challenges #Success #Inspiration
Margot Morrell
Nov 13, 2023
"There is a lot of open water"
McNeish's Journal - November 11, 1915 Lat 68-35 South Long 52-17 West it has been hazie all day the wind has been NE so it has driven us...
Margot Morrell
Nov 12, 2023
Life in the tents
Orde-Lees' Journal - 11 November, 1915 Temperature maximum 27. A pleasant day with a high temperature & some N.E. wind which has drifted...
Margot Morrell
Nov 11, 2023
"Safe tell mother."
In 1958, on the fortieth anniversary of November 11, 1918, I was invited to join my grandfather, father, and brother for lunch at...
Margot Morrell
Nov 11, 2023
"I heard the bells of Verdun"
On Armistice Day, November 11, 1918, a young army recruit wrote to his sweetheart back in Brooklyn... "November 11, 1918 11:30 A.M....
Margot Morrell
Nov 11, 2023
Living on the ice
Orde-Lees' Journal - November 10, 1915 Temperature +20. Again a very fine warm dry day, but the night was rather cold with a minimum...
Margot Morrell
Nov 10, 2023
"Delightful" weather
Ocean Camp - the group of three, from the left, possibly Dr. McIlroy who was Wild's closest friend, Frank Wild and Shackleton. Worsley on...
Margot Morrell
Nov 10, 2023
"Our peculiar circumstances..."
Orde-Lees' Journal - November, 8 1915 Temperature +12. The blizzard continued through the morning but cleared towards noon, & it was a...
Margot Morrell
Nov 10, 2023
Contentment reigns in the camp..."
Weddell Seal, 1844 The Zoology of the voyage of the H.M.S. Erebus and Terror under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross during the...
Margot Morrell
Nov 10, 2023
"Further sinking of the ship..."
Macklin's Journal - November 8, 1915 Tonight Wild reported further sinking of the ship. I wish I had realized that we were not going to...
Margot Morrell
Nov 9, 2023
Shackleton's Way of Leading through Challenges
Hurley and Shackleton outside their tent at Ocean Camp. NOTE: Hurley's journal entry on November 9, 1915 captures one of Shackleton's...
Margot Morrell
Nov 9, 2023
"final official visit to the wreck"
Hurley's Journal, November 8, 1915 Pay the final official visit to the wreck with the chief and Wild. Yesterday's mild blizzard has put...
Margot Morrell
Nov 9, 2023
"We are in comparative comfort..."
NOTE: Thanks to Shackleton's leadership, ten days after abandoning Endurance, the crew has made a remarkable adjustment to living on an...
Margot Morrell
Nov 8, 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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