Yesterday the BBC News website covered our story, looking at the Shackleton Centenary Expedition.
Click the following link Descendants train for polar trek to read their take on what we're doing.
This isn't the first time they've covered us as well, here's a link to an article from December: Descendants hoping to finish trek
Today's Telegraph has also covered the guy's going to Greenland.
Click the following link Descendants follow in steps of Shackleton and his team to read more.
In late 1999/ early 2000 White Mountain Films and NOVA/WGBH Boston co-produced Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure, an IMAX film re-enacting Shackleton's legendary 1914-1916 Expedition to the South Pole. We loved the film when it came out, and have recently been looking again at the film's website.
One of the key sections for us is the part analysing Shackleton's leadership role.
The website highlights the book, Leading at the Edge: Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition, in it, Dennis Perkins outlines 10 leadership strategies that can be learned from Sir Ernest Shackleton's leadership example.
They are:
1. Never lose sight of the ultimate goal, and focus energy on short-term objectives.
2. Set a personal example with visible, memorable symbols and behaviors.
3. Instill optimism and self-confidence, but stay grounded in reality.
4. Take care of yourself: Maintain your stamina and let go of guilt.
5. Reinforce the team message constantly: "We are one--we live or die together."
6. Minimize status differences and insist on courtesy and mutual respect.
7. Master conflict--deal with anger in small doses, engage dissidents, and avoid needless power struggles.
8. Find something to celebrate and something to laugh about.
9. Be willing to take the Big Risk.
10. Never give up--there's always another move.
In a fascinating interview Mr Perkins says that Exceptional leaders inspire a level of teamwork that can mean the difference between success and failure in the most demanding environments. We agree completely.
Click the following link Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure to find out more about the film and to learn more about Shackleton's leadership role.
(Henry Adams, Will Gow and Henry Worsley)
Today's thelondonpaper has also covered the guy's going to Greenland.
Click the following link London descendent of Shackleton to finish Pole mission to read Henry Worsley explaining why they chose to go to Greenland.
Last week we mentioned how the guys had left for Greenland to help them prepare for Antarctica six months from now. A local newspaper has covered our story
Click the following link Hampshire Man In Bid To Complete Shackleton's Pole Mission to see what they have written about us (for some reason you might have to refresh the webpage as it often doesn't work first time).
Help us get to the South Pole.
Online donations via
Justgiving.com is a secure online charitable donation service that accepts all major credit cards, and offers a tax-deductible way to give. The Shackleton Foundation is a registered UK Charity.
This page contains all entries posted in Shackleton Centenary Expedition in the The Team category
More articles can be found by looking through the SCE Archives
Overview
Get a capsule view of who we are, where we're going and why we're doing this by reading our brochure (PDF 2.5mb) Left click to open in a new window, right click it to save it to your desktop....[read more]
Shackleton Foundation
Natural History Museum Antarctic Heritage and Conservation
International Polar Year
The James Caird Society
The British Antarctic Survey
University of Canterbury, New Zealand Antarctic Resources
The Antarctic Heritage Trust
Antarctic Connection
You Wouldn't Want To Be A Polar Explorer
The Adventure Blog Spot
The Athy Heritage Centre-Museum
Here is a link to our 5.22 MB pdf brochure (you can either left click it to open it, or right click it to save it to your desktop). All media enquiries can be directed
The South Pole Gazette is a round-up of Antarctic news stories from around the web. Click here to get the latest Polar information. The Gazette will open in a new window.
Recommended reading.
The SCE receives a small percentage of the price of all Antarctic and Shackleton books bought through the links listed below. Please note that buying through our UK Amazon affiliate account you are directly helping to sponsor the Expedition.
The Lost Men
Kelly Tyler-Lewis's new book dealing with Shackleton's Ross Sea party's fierce struggle during the 1914 Endurance expedition.
Nimrod
Beau Riffenburgh's definitive account of the Nimrod expedition (Bloomsbury, 2004)
The Heart of The Antarctic
Shackleton's own book on Nimrod, written on his return in 1909. A classic of Polar writing.
Shackleton's Way
Margot Morrell's best-selling title on Shackleton's qualities as a leader of men. An inspirational yet grounded and instructive analysis of high-stakes leadership.
All Shackleton Books
Shackletoniana in print at amazon.co.uk
Please don't hesitate to get in touch with the SCE if
you have any questions regarding our project, or if you would like to know more
about how you can become a sponsor.
The Shackleton Centenary Expedition, c/o The Lansdowne Club, 9
Fitzmaurice Place, London W1J 5JD
