Getting stuck. Getting out.

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Getting stuck. Getting out.

• IEM5010 Summer 2003
• Paul E. Rossler, Ph.D., P.E.

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Websites

• www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/
• www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/
• history/index.shtml

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http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/surviving/
quest.html
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Scott 01-03 Skis, dogs
Shackleton 07-09 Skis, ponies
Scott 10-12 Skis, dogs, motor sledges
Amundsen 10-12 Skis, dogs
Mawson 11-12 Skis, dogs
Shackleton 14-17 Skis, dogs, aero-propelled motor sledges
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Fortitudine Vincimus  - "by endurance we conquer."
MEN WANTED FOR HAZARDOUS JOURNEY. SMALL WAGES,
BITTER COLD, LONG MONTHS OF COMPLETE DARKNESS,
CONSTANT DANGER, SAFE RETURN DOUBTFUL. HONOUR AND
RECOGNITION IN CASE OF SUCCESS. SIR ERNEST
SHACKLETON
http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/1914/team.
html
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Some notable crew members

• Second-in-Command - Frank Wild
• Captain - Frank Worsley
• Second Officer -Thomas Crean
• Official Photographer - James Francis Hurley

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Some notable crew members

• Motor Expert and Storekeeper -Thomas Orde-Lees
• Carpenter -Henry McNish
• Able Seaman - John Vincent
• Stowaway (later steward) -Perce Blackborow

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Preparation
Key Decisions Staffing, provisioning, selection of ship, expert consultation
Critical Incidents Lack of fully functioning radio
Leadership Lessons
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The voyage south
Key Decisions Fire the dog trainer/handler they set sail fires unruly crew members takes on stowaway shared responsibility for the ships work exercised dogs
Critical Incidents Forget worm pills
Leadership Lessons Increased morale right from start always look forward optimism
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Ship beset in ice and crushed
Key Decisions Keep crew active mixed living quarters stop digging when to abandon planning to abandon ship move dogs food distribution what to salvage
Critical Incidents Ship goes down
Leadership Lessons Be realist when necessary
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Ocean and Patience Camps
Key Decisions Put down dogs and Mrs. Chippy pack rations had celebration decisions to move decisions as to how long to stay stay with 3 boats provision lottery
Critical Incidents
Leadership Lessons
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Voyage to Elephant Island
Key Decisions Boat-crew assignments
Critical Incidents
Leadership Lessons
James Caird, Stancomb Wills (smallest, least
seaworthy), Dudley Docker
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Elephant Island
Key Decisions Who stays, who is charge, where to take shelter dismantle the boats
Critical Incidents
Leadership Lessons
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Voyage of the James Caird
Key Decisions Staffing
Critical Incidents
Leadership Lessons
Worsely, Crean, McNish, McCarthy, and Vincent
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South Georgia Island
Key Decisions Where to land, who to take
Critical Incidents
Leadership Lessons
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The rescue
Key Decisions
Critical Incidents
Leadership Lessons
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Postscript
Key Decisions
Critical Incidents
Leadership Lessons