Shackleton is a great leader for many reasons; if its an 'all of the sudden' crisis, he always knows what to do, he always remains calm in any situation and reacts appropriately, and Shackleton runs a tight ship but he is always fair with his decisions. When the crew signed up for the Endurance they knew what they were into so having a great, supportive leader is important when setting sail for many months even years. When the Endurance got stuck in the glaciers what did Shackleton do? He didn't
Albert Chen Mr. Hanisch Honors Biology 1 20 October 2014 Franklin Expedition Abstract: As many may remember, the Franklin expedition, led by Sir John Franklin, was a dreadful tragedy. Many await the facts about what caused this horrific tragedy and are waiting for the evidence to be found at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean where the two ships currently reside. With what experts now know about this expedition, people may finally be able to find out what truly happened to the 128 men on the two ships
Ernest Shackleton was an explorer during the late 1800s and early 1900s. He was known for going to an arctic expedition twice. One time he was commanding and the other time he was following to the other known explorer called Scott. However both times of his arctic expedition he has failed. Once he got sick and left his first expedition early, and the second time him and his crew failed as their boat got stuck in the ice. Although his missions were not successful, Shackleton showed great leadership
Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian polar-explorer born to live a life of explorations. He is known as a the Norwegian national hero. He was born July 16th, 1872, in Oslo and died June 18th by the Arctic Ocean. With three older brothers, Roald Amundsen was the only one to not follow in their dads footstep and work with shipping. Before he started all his expeditions, he studied medicine, but his mother died when Amundsen was only 21 years old and as a result of that, he dropped out of med school. Roald
pad for the next mission. However, there are several failures that came as a result of his management and leadership skills. Shackleton started the expeditions as early as 1901 under the NAE to explore the South Pole and identify the unexplored lands. During the time, countries used to explore and claim the new lands by the use of their flag. In the first instance, Shackleton can be seen as a role model who even after his expedition failed he used the chance to re-invent. After the ship was partially
ability to communicate. Sir Ernest Shackleton, the leader of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition on the Endurance, had exceptional leadership style, personal attributes and verbal characteristics. Each of these aspects contributed to Shackleton`s success as a leader. The style in which Sir Ernest Shackleton led included three very important attributes that made him a great leader-- control, organization, adaptability. Shown throughout the story, Shackleton was very good at applying these skills