History’s Greatest Survival Story (Ernest Shackleton & The Endurance) with Nancy Koehn—Historian, Harvard Business School

The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome

Crossroads

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

The story of Ernest Shackleton, and the loss of his ship, The Endurance, is history’s greatest survival story. After nearly a year living on a ship stuck in Antarctic ice, the hull began to crack under the pressure. Shackleton ordered his men off the boat, making camp on the ice, as they watched the Endurance sink beneath the Weddell Sea… and that’s just the beginning of the story. From managing negativity, to navigating stormy seas in a lifeboat, to a never-give-up attitude, Erneset Shackleton led his crew through a grueling 2 year ordeal, until every single man was rescued. This is the incredible true story of one of history’s most aggressive men.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the aggressive life in August 1914, the outbreak of World War I.
0:23.5	A ship called The Endurance Left British Waters attempting to make history.
0:28.3	The empiric...
0:29.7	She's the empiric. Dirt.
0:32.5	Imperial.
0:33.0	The Imperial.
0:33.8	Did I still that wrong?
0:34.7	No, you didn't.
0:35.6	I just said it wrong.
0:36.2	The Imperial Transatlantic Expedition.
0:38.4	I'm so excited today, Dirt, because I've been wanting this guest for a long time.
0:41.9	I can't even read straight.
0:43.1	I'm really excited.
0:43.7	This is like one of my favorite stories of all time.
0:46.6	I cannot wait.
0:47.4	I cannot wait.
0:47.9	That's not in the Bible, by the way.
0:49.0	That's not the Bible. The Imperial Transatlantic Expedition was the brainchild of Arctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.
0:57.0	The crew was aiming to make the first overland crossing of the Antarctic continent.
1:02.1	It would be a venture of some 1800 miles.
1:05.0	And though they never set foot on the frozen continent,
1:08.0	what happens next is one of the most inspiring stories in history.
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