"Shackleton at this time showed one of his sparks of real greatness..."

This account, written in the 1950, discusses Endurance's stay in Buenos Aires in 1914. The passage highlights a particularly powerful...

…I think that though failure in the actual accomplishment must be recorded, there are chapters in this book of high adventure, strenuous...

Frank Wild, second-in-command on Endurance and Quest ... "I have served with Scott, Shackleton and Mawson, and have met Nansen,...

It's great to have friends who send links to Shackleton news in the Hollywood Reporter... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-...

Ed. Note: Reading over Orde-Lees' diary entries from October 1915, brought to mind the passage below from Shackleton's Way . It...

Orde-Lees Journal Thursday, 14 October, 1915 Temperature +31 to +15. A clear mild day. Awful slushy on deck. Today we had all meals up...

Profiles of the Endurance crew.

Entries from Frank Hurley's journal provide a glimpse of life aboard Endurance , nine months after the ship was frozen in by the ice....

"Thus he gets the very best results out of all his staff."

These hurricanes in America's southeastern states, makes one think, What would Shackleton do? Ahead of impending disaster, Shackleton...

Orde-Lees' Journal, October 10, 1915 "I was out sledging with Tom Crean today. ... Tom Crean is a fine character one of the most reliable...

Photographer Frank Hurley's Journal, October 9,1915 Sweethearts and wives* toasted with music and song. One member places ice on Sir...

"When the ship broke up, Shackleton met the crisis with complete composure ... [that] gives you some idea of [his] greatness.

Reginald James, physicist on Endurance wrote in the 1950s... "I remember the chaos that reigned on board the ship in the harbour at...

Leading through tough times...

"We all owe our lives to his leadership"

Shackleton, Wild, in the front on the left, and Endurance crew after abandoning ship. Captain Frank Worsley, Journal Entry - November 7,...

"What had happened had happened. ... he looked to the future."

As a Boomer, it was amazing last night to watch the younger generation struggle to come up with an example of a crushing moment in an...