The Crew Of The Endurance, By Ernest Shackleton

He notes that the crew seemed relieved by the departing Commander and realized that he must come up with a new leadership model to reach his crew. As he noted in the introduction that high percentage of turnover among crew bothered him and he notes some trends in society that contribute to this problem. The long economic boom had made most people unafraid of losing their jobs, or finding new ones. Thus he believed it manager’s challenge to retain them by motivating them to “work with passion, energy, and enthusiasm.” (p.12) By reading over the exit surveys he assumed as many that low pay was a main reason for people leaving, but was shocked when it was in fact 5th. The top four are strikingly similar to the slide we studied in class on “What Associates Want from Their Job” in wanting appreciation, ability to make impact, not being listened to, and more responsibility. This helped him understand his crew better and try to “see the ship through the eyes of the crew.” (p.13) He encouraged his crew to challenge the way in which they carried out their jobs by asking, “Is there a better way to do what you do?” If so, then he wanted them to take the responsibility one their own to implement the change, unless it involved major implications.

They traveled in three boats. One which was a keelboat with only one sail which was known for the cabin in the middle, but it also took 22 men to Dow the boat. The other two types of boats were called pirogues. They were a lot smaller than the keelboat and only needed six oars to be used. They also brought along to horses that men rode against the river bank. They had many reasons to bring the horses with them like to carry supplies, but they were also used for later in the expedition when they food they brought was getting low and needed to keep there nutrition up to be healthy. The expedition was not planned to take more than one and a half years but instead lasted for about another whole year. Lewis and Clark has many objects that were getting in their way. They had to deal with humongous mountain rangers and even had problems in the water with logs, branches, and large rocks as they were floating down the rivers but luckily they got through the problems they faced with such excellent leaders. By August the men had reached South Dakota. As they traveled through the plains they went across many buffalo. They hunted buffalo for food along with turkeys, geese, fish while going down the river and even beaver. The men even came across new animals that they have never saw before such as coyotes, prairie dogs, jackrabbits and pronghorn. When Lewis and Clark found new plants, and animals, they wrote it down in their journal along with facts about the weather, land, and native Americans they came

Lewis and Clark and the rest of their expedition, they began their journey near the st, louis Missouri, in May of 1804. This group often called the corps of discovery by historians faced nearly every obstacle and hardship imaginable on their trip. The dangerous they would face were the harsh water, weather, and hunger, illness and.

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

The make-up of the Essex may not have seemed important during that dreadful voyage; after all, how could a difference among men affect the fact that a whale had stove the Essex? In actuality it is the composition of those whalers that had everything to do with the outcome of their voyage. These differences include social status, race, rank, and personality differences. Social status in Nantucket was mainly based on if someone was born and raised a Nantucketer, an orphan, outsider or worse a slave. Nantucket was not a racist location; however there was still a disadvantage for African Americans when it came to the whaling world. Along with that came the struggle of command between the Captain and his Shipmates. His struggle of authority ultimately

Then they also had to deal with mosquitoes, they were a major problem for the explorers because, the mosquitoes would cause swelling of the face and eyes. Besides that they had to handle encountering many different wild animals. One encounter Lewis nearly died getting attacked by a grizzly bear. To continue the explorers had to try an make good relations with Native Americans and they usually went well except for one incident where they had to fight. There wasn’t any casualties for the explorers but two members out of the black fleet tribe died. They would also get lost an be on the verge of starving. However by the end of the expedition there was only one casualty, Sargent Charles Floyd and it was from a ruptured appendix so for the explorers this was a successful expedition.

It’s very difficult to go on an expedition without someone who knows what they’re doing. In the case of Jamestown, this was Captain John Smith. He wrote about himself in the third person in regard to his encounters on his expedition, and also wrote highly of himself, saying that, “[he was] always bearing the greatest task for his own share, so that in short time he provided most of the lodgings, neglecting any for himself…” (Smith 74). From this it is apparent that Smith liked to embellish his doings, or, as he might have put it, his great feats of heroism and valor. His egotistic behavior is especially apparent in his account of Pocahontas and her

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).

A family is one of the greatest things to have. Family brings laughter, happiness, and love. In Homer’s, The Odyssey, there are three main steps Odysseus takes in order to be reunited with his family. Odysseus uses wisdom as one step to bring himself home.

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the Worldvividly recreates one of the most extraordinary adventure stories in history. In August 1914, Ernest Shackleton and 27 men sailed from England in an attempt to become the first team of explorers to cross the Antarctic continent from one side to the other. Five months later and still 100 miles from land, their ship,Endurance, became trapped. The expedition survived an Antarctic winter in the icebound ship, then, afterEndurancesank, five months camped on the ice followed by a perilous boat journey through storms and icebergs to remote and unvisited Elephnat Island, 600 miles from Cape Horn. From there, their only hope was for someone to fetch help. In a dramatic climax to this amazing survival story, Shackleton

Shackleton also demonstrated that he was a pragmatic leader, capable of determining a vision and then executing that vision. In a sense, the vision was simple to get everybody home alive. Even that however was a big step, because many leaders would have simply accepted the idea that some sacrifices would have to be made. Shackleton instead determined that his vision would be something that the entire crew could buy into, and that with this buy-in he would be able to undertake the necessary tactical steps to ensure success. This can be seen for example with the trip to Elephant Island. This was risky, because of the conditions and also the fact that Elephant Island has no resources. However, there were a number of tough choices to be made from the point when the Endurance became stuck in the ice, and Shackleton made those choices. He never wavered from the fact that his

I have the opportunity to meet people from around the globe. Working on the shipboard and travel by the sea can be a very dangerous situation. On the other hand, I can explore the nature and wildlife of the deep blue sea. The seaman's duties do not only involve how to live and survive in the shipboard but also to rescue life at the sea.

The British exploration team took salvage on the ice and set up camp. Now the crew and Shackleton had a new mission, to get back alive, along the way they faced many challenges. The weather was harsh, the food supplies were dwindling and the isolation of the crew was beginning to take its toll. Shackleton kept the crew lively by assigning them duties as they had on the ship, everyone had a function to perform in equality; this eliminated jealousy amongst the crew members.

Alexander the Great once said, “I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion” (Alexander the Great, n.d.). William “Billy” Mitchell would prove to be a lion as he guided the fledgling use of airpower from a novelty to war altering in a very short time. This essay will justify the author’s assertion that Billy Mitchell was a visionary and ethical leader by giving examples from his life that directly correlate to lessons found in the Air Force Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Academy (AFSNCOA) course material. These examples will include facts about how Billy Mitchell used the Full Range Leadership Development (FRLD) transformational leadership trait of Inspired Motivation (Department of the Air Force [DAF], 2014c) to coerce the United States government into becoming the first country to fly around the world in an aircraft. Another example will show how Billy Mitchell embodied the creator role found in the Team Building lesson (DAF, 2014d) to undertake a congressional mandate to sink an old German battleship from the air in order to prove an assertion he had made. In order to highlight what made Billy Mitchell an ethical leader, the essay will explore a time when then 2nd Lt. Billy Mitchell used the critical thinking characteristic of high motivation (DAF, 2014a) and the ethical leadership principle of Prudence First, Justice Second (DAF, 2014b) to carry out a mission. This

The play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams examines the theme of both death and desire. Williams presents the only options of life as being one of these two options. Either you choose to figuratively die or you succumb to your desires. You must make to choice and life and battle death and go towards desire. These themes are antitheses of one another and are often times intertwined together. Williams uses the characters actions and thoughts as well as contrasts between them to develop this central theme.