Hussey went down and put out the fires at once; fortunately the cook had prepared the dinner & was keeping it hot & when the crash came...

Orde-Lee's Journal - October 18, 1915 After the "pressure" of yesterday we thought that things had settled down a bit but it was not to...

In 1995, on my way to Antarctica for the first time, I stopped by the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington, NZ to take a look at...

Imagine leading through this... Frank Hurley's Journal, October 17, 1919 The ice seems intent on disturbing our Sunday evening gramophone...

Orde-Lees Journal, October 17, 1915 Having as I often do, written up several pages of this diary in advance owing to the recent lack of...

This is another photo I took in the Scotia Sea in November 2000. It gives you a clear idea of what Shackleton and his crew were up...

At this point, Shackleton and the Endurance crew have no idea of the enormous challenges that are ahead of them. Frank Hurley's Journal,...

A recent MAC update led to tinkering with my "wallpaper." This photo - snapped in November 2000 in the Scotia Sea between South Georgia...

Almost 23 years after the first publication of Shackleton's Way, a glamorous new Korean edition just arrived in the mail. Very...

In 1915, Shackleton and the crew are still living on Endurance and waiting for the ice to loosen up. Still thinking about Henry Knox,...

If you're leading a discussion and want to encourage others to contribute their thoughts, suggestions and input, a good rule to keep in...

Years ago a spectacularly successful friend explained over dinner that the recipe for corporate success was "Lipstick, Lunch and Lies."...

On his 1908 - 1909 Nimrod expedition, Shackleton wrote in his diary, "Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all." In other...

#Leadership #Challenges #Optimism

For years I struggled with how to expand on Shackleton's Way. A clever niece designed this website last fall and now we're zooming along....

Letter to my grandmother November 11, 1918, 11:30 a.m. Dearest, Have just come in from outside where I heard the bells of Verdun (where I...

“I’ve often marveled at the thin line that separates success from failure.” #MaintainingAPositiveAttitude #Shackleton #Optimism

In 1932, Ronald Reagan graduated from college. It was the bottom of the Depression. Unemployment in America was 24%. Thanks to a...

As the Endurance crew abandoned ship on October 27, 1915, Orde-Lees notes Shackleton's leadership - leading by example and communicating...

I just opened a fortune cookie that says - "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." What a great...