Shackleton Case Study

The Voyage of the James Caird is a story about the greatest boat journey ever accomplished. Ernest Shackleton, a British explorer famous for his failed attempt to cross Antarctica, decided that himself and five others would sail in a lifeboat - the James Caird - 800 miles to South Georgia Island. The men endured tough conditions, very limited food supply, and diversity, and being seasick. These men had to go with,

A. Bad evaluation of circumstances and stubbornness instead of perseverance. Shackleton was ready to depart to Antarctica however; just when he was at South Georgia, local seamen warned him that he might get trapped and advised him to wait until next year. At this point he had the opportunity to make a decision and wait, but due to the compromises reached with his sponsors and the conditions in Britain getting in WWI he took a risk to go forth and as a result, underestimate the situation. This I can consider to be the main crisis.

In Endurance Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, Alfred Lansing recounts the tale of one of the greatest successes of the Twentieth Century. Ironically, Lansing's detailed account of the 1915 Trans-Antarctic Expedition illuminates the stark reality that Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition did not fulfill its goal. In fact, the expedition never even set foot upon the continent that they had intended to cross. The outstanding success of that motley crew of adventurers was in their ability to endure the harsh Antarctic climate. Despite having their ship crushed by an ice cap, spending the dark Antarctic winter hopelessly alone, suffering through a stormy voyage in

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.

Unit 3 Character Analysis “Without the cranes cable holding us, we would have been tipped out into the sea. I hauled myself to the high side and the last light flight line.” That right there is bravery. Many characters might have the trait bravery.

North Sea. During these expeditions they endured cold, and famine, but though these conditions are tough Robert didn’t lose a single drop of curiosity of what the north pole looks and feels like. as they traveled through Russia Robert decides to stay in Russia until he can hire a ship which can be done by just paying the insurance for the owner, and then set sail by June.

While one succeeded and one did not, both of the explorers Scott and Amundsen had relatively the same preparation in their quest to be the first land explorers to reach the South Pole.

After a Congressional inquiry in 1911, Peary was once again declared the first to reach the North Pole. Cook was eventually imprisoned for another scandal concerning an oil well swindle. All was well; Cook received what he deserved, and Peary got the recognition his great achievement warranted. After losing eight toes to the Arctic cold and aging prematurely because so much time spent in the harsh Arctic climate, Peary’s dream was officially realized.

Imagine yourself in a boat, a rather small boat, in extreme temperatures below zero and intense winds, clashing up against your small boat and rocking you back and forth as you paddle for dear life, exhausted and terrified. That is how Shackleton and his crew felt when they crossed the Atlantic Ocean, or to be specific, Drake Passage. Drake passage is an ocean between South America and Antarctica, seeming to be colossal, but is just sizeable enough to have the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans combine, both spreading out to the Southern Ocean. Basically having two “moods”, Drake passage is either stormy or smooth based on the time it is crossed. Shackleton and the crew had passed it just barely, but had made it to Elephant Island, their original goal. Therefore, Drake passage very well could have stopped Shackleton with it’s dreaded weather and broad mass, but did not.

Body Paragraph #1 – Expedition the expedition was a success because altho the team did not get to map out antarctica they got to see it with there own eyes and without that information we wouldn't know as much about the antarctic as we do today. from the novel BUt on the other hand the expedition was a failure because it would have been nice to see a map out of antarctic altho under the conditions they were in,I understand that they couldn't map it out. Examples from Novel Body Paragraph #2 – Shackleton I believe that Shackleton was a success because altho

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.

During the period of time that the expedition took place there were probably a lot of constraints and limiting factors for explorers. The first solution mentioned was stopping the journey when Shackleton received the weather report. While that was an easy fix, it did not make it an easy decision. Shackleton could not stop the trip due to the time constraint given to him by the industry, as well as the amount of money that was put into the expedition. Many people invested into the expedition, and if he did not go on the trip those people would have lost their investment.

Shackleton?s yearning to explore the Antarctic was born out of his desires to achieve the improbable and attain fame and notoriety (Morrell and Capparell 32). Both the Artic and the Antarctic remained unexplored in the first decade of the twentieth century, and the promises of celebrity, honor for one?s country, and possible wealth were the romantic rewards for the explorers of the day (28, 55).

How does a leader overcome conditions of great adversity? What enables a group of people to work together to overcome the obstacle? What characteristics should a leader have to create a cohesive team? These are some of the questions that Shackleton’ addressed when he and his crew got stranded in Antartica a little more than 100 years ago and these are the very same questions that a leader today of any culture can address using the explorer’s leadership behavior when faced with ambiguity and uncertainty.

The case study examined Ernest Shackleton and his Antarctic exploration with his ship the Endurance. This expedition took place in 1915 and was set to cross the continent from sea to sea. Shackleton was aiming to sail the boat through the Weddell Sea and then take his men to the Ross Sea on the opposite side of the continent, therefore making it a 1500 mile journey for the