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The Endurance:

A true story ofleadership and victory

Meenakshi Raina

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Sir Henry ErnestShackelton(1824-1922)

Born on February 15 1824, years later liked

torecall he shared his birthday with Galileo.

Grew up with unique self confidence inAnglo Irish lineage.

The family came originally from Yorkshire but moved to

Dublin near Ireland.

A rolling stone which gathered no moss. Joined Navy at

the age of 14 which was the entry limit. Fascinated by

sea and expeditions since childhood.

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NATIONAL

ANTARTIC

EXPEDITION

THE NIMROD

EXPEDITION

THETHE BIRTHBIRTH OFOF ENDURANCEENDURANCE

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September 13, 1900: applied forNational Antarctic Expedition.

Shackelton joins as editorand the team publishes firstSOUTH POLAR TIMES.

Sent home as invalid butresolves one day wouldreturn to Antarctic

In 1908 sailed back to Antarctic with BritishAntarctic Expedition.

Returned back due to lack of supply of food.

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Some dreams

seldom die,

ENDURANCE

was one such.

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1911 Ronald Amundsen

claims the prize topole.

1914, Shackelton embarks

a new challenge:

to cross the entire

continent on foot from

Wendell to Ross Sea.:

The expedition was named

ENDURANCEENDURANCE

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MenMen

wantedwanted

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2828 crewcrew membersmembers

6969 sledgesledge dogsdogs andand

catcatHonestHonest truthstruths

CommonCommon goalsgoalsENDURANCEENDURANCE

SAIL

SSAIL

S

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SirSir ErnestErnest HenryHenry ShackeltonShackelton:: LeaderLeader

FrankFrank WildWild:: SecondSecond InIn CommandCommandFrankFrank WorselyWorsely:: CapitanCapitan

LionelLionel GreenstreetGreenstreet:: FirstFirst OfficerOfficer

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ShipShip waswas originallyoriginally namednamed PolarisPolaris butbutShackeltonShackelton rere--christenedchristened afterafter herher

ENDURANCEENDURANCE..

TheThe ShackeltonShackelton FamilyFamily mottomotto waswas::

ByBy Endurance,Endurance, wewe conquerconquer

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ENDURANCE crashes into ice packs.ENDURANCE crashes into ice packs.

The ship wrecks.The ship wrecks.

Team walks through the ice.Team walks through the ice.

The whole journey lasts for 2 years but the team believes in theirThe whole journey lasts for 2 years but the team believes in their

leader, Shackelton.leader, Shackelton.

Set up an ocean camp.Set up an ocean camp.

Celebrate the moments in gloom andCelebrate the moments in gloom and

Uncertainty.Uncertainty.

Finally Shackelton says to his team:Finally Shackelton says to his team:

ships and stores have gone, nowwe go homeships and stores have gone, nowwe go home.

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Patience Camp.

Kill the puppies born on board and including Mrs. Chirpy, the cat.

Men pull the life boat but reach no where.

Shackelton decided to go sail through the cold sea water and walk 1400

miles to get help for team members.

The team waits for their leader toreturn.

The captain, and second in command follow Shackelton.

Sail in a wrecked boat and walk past 14000 miles in

South Georgia.

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Returns back after two months to save his team.

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LeadershipLeadership LessonsLessons fromfrom belowbelow zerozero

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Keep sight of the ultimate goal but focus energy on

interim objectives.

Shackelton was ever riveted on the safety and

survival ofhis men.

When morale severely plummeted at one point,

Shackelton organized a trek to cross 314 miles of icefloe to an old food cache.

It floundered, but the collective endeavor restored

the crews life-sustaining esprit.

ONEONE

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Use symbolic actions to send indelible messages.

Shackleton knew that disposing ofall unessentialpersonal effects would be vital for the crossing, and

he insisted that each man carry no more than two

pounds.To drive the point home, he visibly disposed of his

own gold watch and coins.

TW

OTW

O

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Engender optimism.

As a sustaining contrivance,

Shackleton openly plotted their nextexpedition to Alaska.

ThreeThree

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Sustain your stamina.When a crew member succumbed to

the numbing temperatures,Shackleton was quick to dispense

extra clothing.

FourFour

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Maintain your team.Little cliques and factions would

grow

up,

recalled one crew

member,but Shackletons tact and diplomacy

soon destroyed the divisions.

FiveFive

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Minimi

ze your di

fferences.

Ten of the 28 castaways were forced to

use inadequate sleeping bags after the

ship sank, and Shackleton assigned thesub-par bags by lottery except for one

that he assigned to himself.

sixsix

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Diffuse conflict.

Shackleton arranged for two ofthe

crews most difficult and disruptivepersonalities to share a tent with

him.

sevenseven

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Celebrate.

On December 5, 1915, one year after their

departure, crew members knew they should

have been on a triumphal return to England.

Mindful of the potentially demoralizing

anniversary, Shackleton arranged a holiday to

commemorate their great success in surviving

a full year.

eighteight

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Risk nothing needlessly, bet everything when essential.

When the crewfinally reached an inhospitable Elephant Island at the

edge ofthe Antarctic, they stood on land for the first time in 497 days.

Yet the welcome patch ofterra firma offered no respite.

The nearest point ofcivilization South Georgia Island still lay 800

miles across the one ofthe most daunting sailing courses in the world.

With virtually no navigational aids, Shackleton set out with five others

to cross it in a 22-foot craft.

Eighteen days later, in one ofthe most daunting feats ofsteerage and

survival ever, their tiny boat landed on South Georgia.

ninenine

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Never, never, never give up.

Shackleton unfortunately landed on the wrong side of the

island, and he would still have to make a perilous crossing of

uncharted mountains and crevassed glaciers to a whaling

station on the far side.

It required 36 hours of extreme climbing, but at 3 PM on

May 20, 1916 he announced to a startled station manager,

My name is Shackleton.

On August 30, he rescued the remaining crew he had left on

Elephant Island, 634 days after first setting out.

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