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Shackleton's Way
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
The Burden of Leadership
Worsley's Journal - November 7, 1915 Everyone is happy and contented and hopeful, if not confident, of the future. Speaking for myself...
Margot Morrell
Nov 8, 2023
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Margot Morrell
Nov 8, 2023
Shackleton's Way of Keeping Up Morale
Physicist Reginald James on Shackleton's strategies for keeping up morale... He probably never made any deliberately planned steps to...
Margot Morrell
Nov 6, 2023
Shackleton on leadership
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...
Margot Morrell
Nov 5, 2023
"we had a good thick hoosh"
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...
Margot Morrell
Nov 5, 2023
"Calm, fine, sunshiny day."
Hurley's Journal - November 5, 1915 Latitude - 69, 1.10 S. Longitude - 51, 57 W. Temperature +3. Calm, fine, sunshiny day. A few more...
Margot Morrell
Nov 5, 2023
"Does not look promising..."
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....
Margot Morrell
Nov 4, 2023
"Photographing the ship"
Before disaster struck... Orde-Lees' Journal, January 14, 1915 … Hurley was out on the floe photographing the ship but had to return...
Margot Morrell
Nov 4, 2023
"The scene was highly amusing..."
Despite the enormous challenges they are faced with, the extraordinary team are making the best of things. #Leadership #Shackleton...
Margot Morrell
Nov 4, 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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