Endurance : Shackleton 's Incredible Voyage

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Endurance is a novel that explains the giant failure of a trans-Antarctic expedition. The entire operation was led by bold and brave man by the name of Sir Ernest Shackleton. The purpose of the expedition was to attempt to cross the Antarctic continent in the year 1914. It was an outrageous and at some points, a hopeless struggle for survival for Shackleton and his crew. He had a crew of twenty-eight strong and noble men, which were resilient and determined on this journey, of about two years. The book’s title, Endurance, is also the ship Shackleton and his crew used on the expedition. The ship was unfortunately crushed by the ice very early in the men’s journey, leaving them stranded on drifting ice, for about a year, but that was just the beginning.

“Death hardly needed their help. The cold was conscientiously doing it’s work.”(pg.92) This is a metaphor because it’s saying that doesn't need the guards to kill the people that the cold would do it for the people, basically saying that people would freeze up to death. The effect would be that the people would die either way from the lack of water and food as well as feared and coldness and sometimes people can't take it anymore and people just fall and die without someone killing the person.

Ernest Shackleton was the captain of Endurance. Endurance is a ship that was sailing to the south pole. The south pole is in Antarctica, Antarctica is very cold.the average temperature is -70 degrees fahrenheit. The Endurance was gonna be the first ship ever to make it to the south pole. There was too much ice. The boat crashed into the ice. The ice punctured a hole in the ship. They couldn't sail with a hole in the boat. They had to walk on the ice to the south pole.

Without the expedition of Lewis and Clark, the American history that people know would be completely different changing the accomplishments in history. The background and experience Lewis and Clark already developed prior to the expedition would be very beneficial and help make the journey easier. The development of the mission played a key part in the expedition itself because if the development did not play out exactly how Jefferson planned, then the expedition may not have been as successful. A big part of history, the expedition was very significant and impacted American society in ways that no one will ever be able to understand. Although the expedition of Lewis and Clark would be a very long journey, the United States would not have developed into such a prosperous country without the two men who traveled across the terrain in rain and snow in order to improve the United States.

When you hear the names Lewis and Clark, you think of the legendary people who first discovered the midwest, but they did more than that. They opened the door to infinite possibilities and are responsible for the world as we know it today. This paper will be discussing what challenges they faced and how it impacted the United States. Lewis and Clark faced many challenges on their expedition, including bad weather, possible animal attacks and encounters with Indians, but in the end, Lewis and Clark were able to map out much of the west and the Pacific Ocean area and even discovered new animals and plants.

In 1497, King Henry VII granted John Cabot to sail a voyage to find a route to Asia. Our crew consisted of 18 men. We sailed for awhile, with small food rations for each of us. Cabot was barbarous to us. He made us work, while he did not make any such effort to assist us on the ship. He was a dreadful captain and should not have been chosen for the voyage.

(STATE THESIS) When it comes to the leading their respective teams, Ernest Shackleton and Reinhard Heydrich’s approaches to leadership could not be more contradictory. This is not to say that their differences make either of them a good or misleader. Each individual demonstrated qualities that would classify him in either category. However, it is ultimately the intentions of the leader and the presence of or complete disregard for humanity that categorizes each man where he falls.

The topic of this leadership case study is Ernest Shackleton. This paper will identify the development of Shackleton's leadership skills, provide examples and reflections of his abilities, and relate how he played an essential role in one of history's greatest survival stories. This study of Shackleton's leadership is set loosely within the framework of the five practices of exemplary leadership set forth in The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes and Posner, and will focus on the benefits produced by his management of team morale and unity (13).

Ernest Shackleton, a man with heart, vision and a dream. He had all the skill for success; yet never achieve the fame and fortune he desired. Looking over his life, his character and his experiences give us an insight to who he really was. I will show that he had the skills necessary to be consider one of the great leaders of his time.

1. Ernest Shackleton, acting as captain of the Endurance, demonstrated incredible leadership. There were several elements. The first is that he provided inspiration, even during difficult times. The crew faced numerous challenges while it was trapped in the ice, and on Elephant Island. During these challenges, Shackleton was able to provide inspirational leadership that kept the spirits of the crew member up. This was important, because negative morale in a life or death situation usually means death. So Shackleton's ability to provide positive morale was critical to the survival of him and his crew.

In "To Build a Fire," a mysterious man, referred to as "the man" (Rhodes 1) in many literary critiques, must survive a hump over the frozen tundra of the Klondike, and with him he takes his husky. The two characters act as foils to each other, each experiencing the same situations as the other, but it is their responses to the situations that show the difference between the two. For example, both the husky and the man break through the ice and got their paws/feet wet: "Suddenly it (the husky) broke through… the water that clung to it turned to ice" (London 500) and then later "…the man broke through (the ice)" (London 501-502). It is the husky, however, that proved more adept to coping with the freezing climate of the North, especially after having gotten wet in a freezing creek. Because of this innate ability of the husky, he survived the ordeal whereas the man died of hypothermia after his fire, which was meant to dry out his foot, was snuffed out by the Northern snow. "It was as though he had heard his own sentence of death. For a moment he sat there and stared at the spot where the fire had been" (London 503). It is this symbol of survival that is perhaps the most characteristic and recurring theme in London's writings, known as Spencerism.

During the film Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure, Ernest Shackleton exemplified steadfast resolve and unwavering concern for all his men that were in harm’s way. His harrowing adventure led stranded men to find hope and confidence their leader’s ability to save them. The following work aims to provide a glimpse into his transformational leadership during their months of solitude spent battling mother nature’s worse conditions.

For an exemplary leader, what is one of the highest compliments that you could ever receive? Sir Ernest Shackleton was a British explorer who–after failing to reach the Southern Pole first–wanted to be the first to ever accomplish a trans–Antarctic expedition. On October 27th, 1915 Shackleton’s boat–the Endurance–was crushed by the pressure of the melting Antarctic ice; leaving Shackleton and his crew stranded in the Antarctic. On August 30th, 1916 after a treacherous one and a half years of living in the Antarctic and surrounding islands, Shackleton and his crew were rescued following an unimaginable story of survival. The qualities of leadership Shackleton exhibited that resulted in the survival of him and his crew were, having certain

Are you a trustworthy member of your family? Are you the one who would go to great risks just so other members of your family can survive? Well, meet the crew of Shackleton. Members who supported Shackleton in a very dangerous expedition. Frank Worsley was a captain who was a great navigator. Worsley was a very patient person, in the booklet, it says that “Worsley would wait until the boat reached the top of the wave and the horizon came into sight, then shout Now!” (Pg. 98) One wrong estimate could’ve gotten them lost at sea if it wasn’t for Worsley’s braveness and patience. Shackleton also decided to take Worsley since he was “Capable of the navigating.” (Pg. 93) This meant that Worsley was a very trustworthy and resourceful person to have on an expedition like this. Then we have Tim McCarthy, a cheerful and steadfast man, despite all their troubles in the expedition. [Pg. 93]. He wasn’t afraid to express his emotion. In page. 103, McCarthy cried out, “Land ho!” once they saw a towering black mountain spotted with snow. We can see that he was in fact emotionally since he cried out, this was a very problematic expedition. With all the challenges they faced and how they used their determination and persistence coming from the start, until the end. Finally, we have Frank Wild, who was second in command of the expedition, to describe him, he was a very responsible and brave man who was placed in charge by Shackleton to take the men in the remaining two boats and try to save