Hurley rewrote many of the entries his journal at some point but, fortunately, the original was preserved. When I transcribed his...

Hurley's Journal - October 27, 1915 Chips expects to complete the coffer dam tonight, and great hopes are entertained for its success. ...

The journal entries, the crew wrote after abandoning ship on October 27, 1915, are remarkable for the complete absence of panic - a...

“I do not think there is any doubt that we all owe our lives to his leadership and his power of making a loyal and coherent party out of...

“I always found him rising to his best and inspiring confidence when things were at their blackest.” – Frank Hurley, photographer ,...

Orde-Lees recounts Shackleton's outstanding leadership in the moment of crisis as the Endurance crew is forced to abandon ship. As...

Abandoning Endurance, October 27, 1915

In 1903, the Yankees were known as the New York Highlanders. There first stadium was on Broadway at 168th Street.

Orde-Lees' Journal - October 26, 1915 Further heavy pressure took place again this evening lifting first the bows then the stern several...

Gas, 1940 “Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of...

Orde-Lees' Journal, October 25, 1915 "...This breaking up of the floe is very undesirable just now with low temperature as it seems to...

Orde-Lees' Journal - October 24, 1915 In this journal entry, we see Shackleton, in a crisis, ahead of his team. #LeadingByExample "We had...

Orde-Lees Journal, October 23, 1915 Waiting, waiting, waiting, that is about all one can say each day if one were merely to write down...

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Lou Gehrig, Miller Huggins, Yankee Manager, Babe Ruth. When Jacob Ruppert purchased the Yankees, he hired Wild Bill Donovan, one of the...

In an early letter, Paul, the once ferocious Pharisee, who had persecuted Christ’s followers, wrote, “But the fruit of the Spirit is...

The 1927 New York Yankees "The Colonel" Jacob Ruppert, Jr. described the baseball team he bought in 1914 as, "an orphan club, without a...

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Beginning of the end for Endurance

“He was a tower of strength and endurance, and he never panicked in any emergency. And he was the most generous man I ever came across.”...