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Shackleton's Way
"Like school days all over again..."
Orde-Lees' Journal, November 24, 1915 Day by day goes by much the same as one another. We work; we talk; we laugh; we eat. Ah, we eat;...
Margot Morrell
Nov 24, 2023
Shackleton's Way - Leading thru a Crisis
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...
Margot Morrell
Nov 23, 2023
"we do not give way to depression"
Orde-Lees' Journal - 22 November, 1915 Temperature minimum +18. Colder & a welcome change from the prolonged thaw. A moderate southerly...
Margot Morrell
Nov 22, 2023
"So, now we'll go home."
Orde-Lees' Journal - November 21, 1915: "This evening as we were mostly taking it easy & reading we heard Sir Ernest call out, "She's...
Margot Morrell
Nov 21, 2023
"Yet here I am, quite happy..."
Macklin's Journal - November 20, 1915 ... Tonight Hussey has been playing his banjo, and I sat in his tent a while enjoying the music. I...
Margot Morrell
Nov 20, 2023
Lincoln at Gettysburg
160 years ago today - November 19, 1863, this self-educated man delivered the most important and memorable speech in American history....
Margot Morrell
Nov 19, 2023
"An exceedingly precarious position"
Macklin's Journal - November 17, 1915 After supper Worsley, Clark, Greenstreet and I held a lengthy discussion on our position and its...
Margot Morrell
Nov 17, 2023
"a truly lamentable spectacle"
Orde-Lees' Journal - 17 November, 1915 Temperature +22 about. Same weather as yesterday but more sun. Things left out to "air" dried off...
Margot Morrell
Nov 17, 2023
"Like a quartette of schoolboys"
Macklin's Journal - November 16, 1915 ... The camp is completely surrounded by water, the lead varying from 4 - 20 ft. wide all round....
Margot Morrell
Nov 16, 2023
"In case of emergency"
Macklin's Journal - November 15, 1916 Today Sir E. read out a list of the duties of every individual in the party in case of an...
Margot Morrell
Nov 16, 2023
"This old friendly floe"
Macklin's Journal - November 14, 1915 ... Our greatest trial is the warm temperature and a fine mushy sleet which we commonly get, and...
Margot Morrell
Nov 16, 2023
"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
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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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