The last of the crew members were rescued on August 30‚ 1916. More than 2 years after they had set out – in the face of the many dangers they faced during the failed expedition – Shackleton mustered together the courage‚ willpower‚ wit‚ & leadership and brought each and every member back home alive. b. Shackleton assembled a group of men that were willing to go with him on a hazardous journey. They were paid little‚ there were long months of complete darkness‚ and constant danger. Safe return
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Discovery is a process that has its challenges‚ however the impact of discovery can also be ultimately joyful. However‚ though this discovery can bring joy to some‚ it does not always bring joy to all. Both Simon Nasht’s documentary ‘Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History’ and Richard Flanagan’s ‘The Narrow Road to The Deep North’ explore this concept. Ultimately‚ these texts reveal that that overcoming the challenges that are required for a discovery‚ we are able to extract an emotional response
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My idol would be Beck Weathers. He was the incredible person that managed to survive the 1996 Everest disaster. Beck went snow-blind in the Death-Zone of Everest and spent a night there out in the open during a blizzard that took away the lives of his nine colleagues. He had frostbites so extreme that it seems impossible for him to ever have survived‚ but with sheer will power he staggered his way back to camp. I belief Beck Weathers courage and tenacity deserves to be applaud. Under those
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AP English Language and Composition Reading List GENERAL NONFICTION Ambrose‚ Stephen. Undaunted Courage. Follows the Lewis and Clark expedition from Thomas Jefferson‘s hope of finding a waterway to the Pacific‚ through the heart- stopping moments of the actual trip‚ to Lewis‘s lonely demise on the Natchez Trace. For readers who love detailed history. Barry‚ John M. The Great Influenza. A detailed description of the scourge of the "Spanish flu" of 1918 with interesting elements of the practice
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Narrate an important/ unusual incident of your life‚ when you had to face a very demanding/ challenging situation. How did you overcome the situation? What lessons did you learn from this incident? In October 1989‚ I was entrusted with a long range foot patrol with a team of twenty fully geared soldiers to the extreme border positions in Northern Kashmir. With 20 kilos of backpack involving survival rations‚ weapons‚ polar gear all to be deftly balanced on the treacherous Himalayan Mountains –
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To what extent is the concept of discovery influenced by the character and concerns of individual people. In your answer‚ consider how the representation of the relationship between individuals and discoveries are represented in your core text and related text. Discovery is an ever-growing understanding of the world and is constantly being uncovered by individual people. Through history‚ many individuals have been made famous through their discovery. It is through their discovery that the character
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"Leadership in Crisis: Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance” 1) In what context should the Endurance expedition be analyzed? As a scientific endeavor? An entrepreneurial venture? An exercise in imperial opportunity? By what criteria should the expedition be evaluated? Given your answer to the preceding question‚ was it a success or a failure? The case study examined Ernest Shackleton and his Antarctic exploration with his ship the Endurance. This expedition took place in
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1. What were the underlying causes of the Endurance crisis? Two major underlying causes of the Endurance Crisis are: A. Bad evaluation of circumstances and stubbornness instead of perseverance. Shackleton was ready to depart to Antarctica however; just when he was at South Georgia‚ local seamen warned him that he might get trapped and advised him to wait until next year. At this point he had the opportunity to make a decision and wait‚ but due to the compromises reached with his sponsors
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Written Case Study - Leadership in Crisis: Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance This case study analyzes how a prominent English polar explorer and his team of 27 men survived an expedition to Antarctica that went dramatically and dangerously awry. By examining Shackleton’s plans to complete the first transcontinental trek across Antarctica and‚ more specifically‚ his reaction to a series of unexpected and life threatening events during the 1914-1916 voyage‚ the case offers MBA
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up. Never giving up‚ Shackleton and his crew had to overcome many challenges due to nature. When the ship initially crashed the crew hoped that they could get it unstuck‚ unfortunately for them their ship tumbled down. With limited resources the crew had to travel across the ice flow‚ while the ice was constantly shifting. At one point in the adventure‚ Orda-Leese was attacked by an elephant seal and had to fight him off‚ with the help of a crew member. Eventually Shackleton had to pick some crew
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