Margot MorrellJul 1, 20201 minRe-reading Shackleton's WayIf Shackleton's expeditions ultimately were all disappointments to him for failing short of their goals, he made plenty of grand achievem...
Margot MorrellJul 1, 20208 minRemembering ShackletonPhysicist Reginald James generously shared his reminiscences of Shackleton with biographer, Hugh Robert Mill. 22 Albion Road Fallowfield ...
Margot MorrellJun 30, 20201 minFrom the files...Conversation between Dr. Macklin and Shackleton biographer, James Fisher, Aberdeen, March 1956 James Fisher: "What is emerging so very mu...
Margot MorrellJun 30, 20201 min"Life - The Greatest of All Games."Rummaging through my files, I found this ... Harold Begbie, British author and journalist quoted Shackleton as saying, "Life to me means ...
Margot MorrellJun 30, 20201 minRe-reading Shackleton's WayI haven't gotten very far. I come across something that makes me think and leads me to rummage through my files. For example... Shackleto...
Margot MorrellJun 29, 20201 minShackleton on his second-in-commandShackleton described Frank Wild, his trusted second-in-command, as his "second self." He was quoting Cicero, "A friend is a second self."...
Margot MorrellJun 29, 20201 minWild on ShackletonMany years after Shackleton died, Frank Wild summed up his thoughts on the "Boss." "I have served with Scott, Shackleton and Mawson, and ...
Margot MorrellJun 29, 20201 minShackleton's Way...Shackleton failed only at the improbable; he succeeded at the unimaginable. "I love the fight and when things [are] easy, I hate it," ...
Margot MorrellJun 29, 20201 minShackleton's Way - Choosing a Second in Command.Orde-Lees Journal... Wild is our second in command and quite the most popular man (save our leader) amongst us. He has rare tact and the ...
Margot MorrellApr 23, 20201 minKeeping Up Morale in Tough TimesDuring an interview today, we talked about the contrast of the atmosphere on Endurance to another ship that was also trapped by ice off A...
Margot MorrellApr 22, 20201 minThinking about going to Antarctica?This video will give you a pretty good idea of what you're apt to encounter along the way...
Margot MorrellApr 21, 20203 minPut Your Strengths to WorkHow are you doing, my darlings? Are we having fun yet? I don't know about you, but last week, I was deteriorating into frazzled and crabb...
Margot MorrellApr 2, 20201 min"Shackleton danced."Have you seen the film where 'Shackleton dances' to entertain the crew. That's not what happened. Shackleton, Worsley, and "motor-expert"...
Margot MorrellApr 2, 20201 minServant LeadershipFrom an interview that Shackleton biographer James Fisher conducted with Frank Worsley's widow in the 1950s: Jean Worsley: "He did always...
Margot MorrellApr 2, 20201 minRe-reading Shackleton's Way | Introduction (2)It's a tale so amazing you'll wonder why the Endurance saga hasn't become a part of every school-age child's reading. Since the publicati...
Margot MorrellApr 2, 20201 minShackleton's CrewsIf you'd like to learn more about the lives of Shackleton's crew members, head on over to Scott Polar Research Institute - https://www.sp...
Margot MorrellApr 1, 20202 min"It is Shackleton Time!"I've just figured out how to read reviews of the German edition of Shackleton's Way. A reviewer (see review below) makes an interesting p...
Margot MorrellApr 1, 20201 minCelebrate!Shackleton celebrated accomplishments, milestones and holidays. In his account of the crossing of South Georgia, he wrote that he, Worsle...
Margot MorrellApr 1, 20202 min"He was constantly on the watch for any break in morale..."In the 1950s, Shackleton's tentmate on the ice, Reginald James, shared his memories of the Boss' leadership strategies... His methods wer...
We passed our first iceberg... Orde-Lees Journal, December 5, 1914 We have been ready to leave South Georgia for the last week but Sir Ernest has been waiting for the a...
"These qualities alone endear him..." Orde-Lees' commenting on Shackleton as a leader, July 7, 1915 Perhaps the most remarkable thing that may at once be said of him is that, ...
Leading through Challenges In the Introduction of Shackleton's Way (bottom of pg. 3 paperback), we mention the week the crew spent in the lifeboats - a horrific ord...
