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One of the great leaders of all time. Shackleton did not lose a single man during their 2 and a half year Arctic ordeal
by dougmwne 5y ago
One of the great leaders of all time. Shackleton did not lose a single man during their 2 and a half year Arctic ordeal
- freeopinion 5y agoOne account I heard gave most of the credit to the ship's doctor.
- mannykannot 5y agoEveryone played their part, and the doctor's was no doubt larger than many, but someone had to say "this is what we are going to do", and make it happen, when every option was most likely to end with everyone dying. The crew apparently had enormous trust in Shakleton's judgement and executive abilities, and I, in turn, will trust their judgement. They also needed a lot of luck, but when the odds are that stacked against you, you can't afford to make many mistakes.
- dba7dba 5y agoAnd only a few years later many of the survivors would be killed in WW1...
- kqr2 5y agoThe other half of his expedition the Ross sea party lost 3 lives though https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Exp...
- mannykannot 5y agoOne of the deaths was due to a medical problem (possibly a consequence of scurvy), and the others occurred when Aeneas Macintosh, the leader of this part of the expedition, chose to cut across sea ice, with another expedition member, and they were blown out to sea by a storm. Macintosh had narrowly escaped from this fate in an earlier incident, but for the wind shifting and blowing them back again.