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    Sir Ernest Shackleton “Sir Ernest Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer, who made three expeditions to the continent, most famously in 1914 on the Endurance” (Sir Ernest Shackleton). The ‘founder’ of the Shackleton family was Abraham Shackleton. Abraham was a profound Quaker born in Kildare County, Ireland. The Shackleton family originated in the English country of the Yorkshire and consisted of pure Anglo-Irish blood. On February 15, 1874 Ernest Henry Shackleton was born in Kilkea House

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    Unit 2 P1 Unit 1

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    Unit 1 Argumentative Essay Imagine that you were all alone in Antarctica. Your best friend, and at the time your only friend, just died. You are 100 miles away from a boat taking you rescue coming to port in four days. This is the story of Douglas Mawson, who faced adversity similar to Phineas Gage and Henrietta Lacks to contribute to science. Phineas Gage had an inch hole in his brain due to an accident with dynamite and a tamping iron on the railroad; he luckily survived but suffered infections

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    Amundson Quotes

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    Amundsen and his men learned many things with their expedition to the South Pole. Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer; he was going to the North Pole, however, Robert Peary beat him there. Amundsen decided to change his plans and go to the South Pole. Amundsen discovered the North-West Passage. Amundsen wrote in his diary saying,"'As for the tent, with regard to shape and size it is comfortable but it is too susceptible to the wind'"(Alexander). This quote shows that Amundsen learned that when going

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    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

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    I choose to write my critical essay on renowned Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton and his book, South: The story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition. The story of Shackleton’s leadership and perseverance against impossible odds in leading his men to safety after becoming stranded in the Antarctic pack ice has always held great interest for me. Shackleton’s example of leadership is so extraordinary that today, over 100 years later, it is still pointed to as one of the finest examples of

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    Shackleton

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    Leadership in Crisis Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance 3/10/2014 aFriendInNeed Situation Overview: Shackleton sailed with 27 men from South Georgia Island on a British Polar expedition into South Atlantic aboard the ship called Endurance. The south pole had been recently reached in 1911. The goal of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was to become the first explorers to land on the Antarctic continent as well as cross it. The original plan was to sail Endurance

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    Review of Leadership in Crisis: Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance” Oluwatosin Oladosu MGT 619 – Strategic Management and Leadership March 23, 2017   The case study Leadership in Crisis: Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance is an interesting story which has been advantageous to a lot of managers and companies teaching about leadership and management. Shackleton performed different roles which could be related to what is happening today in organizations. He raised

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    Ernest Shackleton may be one of the best explorers of all time not only because he did not get lost trying to find India but his leadership skills and how he would never give up even to his final hours. Ernest Shackleton's leadership was very unorthodox for the time because he treated everyone as an equal and he hand selected the people of his crew by what seems like their differences. “He assigned several potential troublemakers to his own tent on the ice, proving the value of the saying, “Keep

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    Shackleton's Endurance

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    Trevor Sproule Historical companion book 2/3/17 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

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    Body Paragraph #1 – Shackleton’s Personality Sir ernest shackleton [1874 - 1922] was a polar explorer who led the three british expeditions to the Antarctic , and one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic age of the Antarctic . His goal is to get to the Antarctic first before anyone does , but he couldn’t be able to get to the Antarctic on time . Still Shackleton didn’t give up on his goal , in 1914 Shackleton had made his third trip to the Antarctic on a ship called the endurance

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