Worsley's Journal - November 7, 1915 Everyone is happy and contented and hopeful, if not confident, of the future.  Speaking for myself...

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Physicist Reginald James on Shackleton's strategies for keeping up morale... He probably never made any deliberately planned steps to...

From South "Although keeping in mind the necessity for strict economy with our scanty store of food, I knew how important it was to keep...

Orde-Lees' Journal - 5 November 1915 Very cold during the night. I was on watch from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. and caught an Adelie penguin. This...

Hurley's Journal - November 5, 1915 Latitude - 69, 1.10 S. Longitude - 51, 57 W. Temperature +3. Calm, fine, sunshiny day. A few more...

Macklin's Journal - November 3, 1915 Worsley got a position - 69.3 S - 53.57 W., so that we have gone E. a little, but about 5 miles N....

Before disaster struck... Orde-Lees' Journal, January 14, 1915 … Hurley was out on the floe photographing the ship but had to return...

Despite the enormous challenges they are faced with, the extraordinary team are making the best of things. #Leadership #Shackleton...

Thinking of the personalities on the Endurance expedition reminded me of this quote from the great 20th century artist, Edward Hopper....

Frank Hurley describes how Shackleton led his team through the crisis: "When the ship broke up, Shackleton met the crisis with complete...

Wild and Shackleton at the wreck The Boss writes in South... Human effort is not futile, but man fights against the giant forces of...

Hurley's Journal November 3, 1915 Latitude - 69, 35 S. Longitude - 51, 57 W. Construct an improved blubber stove, and place timbers under...

Worsley's Journal November 2 Tuesday 69° 7' 45" S   52° 5' W .7th night . It is now 8:20 p.m. and I have just finished all my days work...

Worsley's Journal November 1 Monday 69° 9' S   52° 0' W Sir E., Wild, Hurley & I reconnoitre to the N.W. as soon as it clears and find...

This drawing from Orde-Lees' Journal gives us an idea of what they were dealing with. Hurley's Journal - November 2, 1915 The teams ply...

Orde-Lees Journal, 2 November 1915 A fine day at last. Roused 6:30 a.m. and all took advantage of the sunshine to dry & air sleeping...

+18 F was ideal weather from the Endurance crew's perspective. Cold enough that nothing was melting. This journal entry by Orde-Lees...

When Shackleton finally got back to London in mid-1917, he was asked to speak at a boy's school. He couldn't make it but he wrote back...

Frank Wild Alexander Macklin, surgeon on Endurance, meticulously kept an expedition journal that went down with the ship. The day after...