Shackleton
Books
- Endurance: Shackleton's Impossible Voyage Home Leadership at the Edge of the World · 李思特Think
In 1914, Ernest Shackleton set out to cross Antarctica. By 1915, his ship was crushed in the ice, and his twenty-eight-man crew was stranded on the most inhospitable continent on Earth.
- The Unfinished BusinessThe flag hung limp in the still, cold air, a splash of color against a void of white. It marked not a victory, but a limit. Ernest Shackleton, along with Jameson Adams, Eric Marshall, and Frank Wild, stood at latitude 88°23′ South. The geographical pole lay ninety-seven miles fart…
- Selecting the Company…he saw the posted notice for the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition and walked in. The encounter that followed lasted only minutes. Ernest Shackleton, amidst the controlled chaos of his expedition headquarters, asked him a few questions about his sea experience and his views. Then he offe…
- The Last Leave-Taking…Plymouth on the morning of August 8, 1914, while the Endurance lay at her moorings with steam up and provisions still coming aboard. Ernest Shackleton read the single word—“Proceed”—and the message was filed with the ship’s papers. That afternoon, as the vessel cast off for Buenos Aires, B…