Category Archives: Shackleton

Business Plan

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Ernest Shackleton

When I get back I will make a company for whaling here [S. Georgia], on a capital of £50,000 one can make for certain 50 to 100 thousand pounds a year net profit it is a gold mine only very … Continue reading →

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When things are easy I hate it

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Ernest Shackleton

I have committed all sorts of crimes in thought if not always in action and dont [sic] worry much about it, yet I hate to see a child suffer or to be false in any way…I am hard also, and … Continue reading →

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Amundsen

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Ernest Shackleton

Amundsen has reached the Pole. “The same endurance, the same skill and the same meed of endeavour must be granted to Amundsen, as the Norwegian people would grant to Scott if the positions [were] reversed.” (Shackleton, writing in the Daily … Continue reading →

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TEDx

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Ernest Shackleton

[Shackleton speaking in 1910 about the results of his Nimrod Polar Expedition, 1907-09. source: archive.org; public domain.]

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We’re held fast in the pack ice of the Weddell Sea, a few hundred miles north of our landing destination, Vahsel Bay.

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Ernest Shackleton | Comments Off on Held Fast

THE NEW EXPEDITION. | TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir, — It has been an open secret for some time past that I have been desirous of leading another expedition to the South Polar regions. — I am glad … Continue reading →

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Ernest Shackleton | Comments Off on THE NEW EXPEDITION.