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Ernest Shacleton: the greatest failure

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  • Preparing his journey: Realistic

    Preparing his journey: Realistic
    He started to plan his journey to South pole. Having a characteristic of realistic, he tried to go through his plan and materials he need throughly. As he knew the difficulties of the journey, he was being patient with what he needs to prepare.
  • Failure in front of 150km: Change master

    Failure in front of 150km: Change master
    In his first journey to south pole, he realized that his journey was not prepared well. His other partners were sick and the food was out. So having 150km to his final destination, he decide to give up the journey to save his partners as a change master.
  • Another journey: Positive and hope-filled mind

    Another journey: Positive and hope-filled mind
    Having a postive and hope-filled mind, Shackleton decide to give another trial to South pole. Even he failed, he did not want to give up and kept the positive attitude on his goal. So on Nov. 05, 1914 he starts a second journey to South pole.
  • Facing a extreme cold: sense of humor

    Facing a extreme cold: sense of humor
    However, not like how Shackleton expected, his second trial faced a extreme cold that stopped his ship. But even in the difficult situation, Shackleton and his squadders did not lose sense of humor. In the night they sang a song and share a fun stories to get over the cold.
  • The sheep cracked: Decision maker

    The sheep cracked: Decision maker
    Sadly, his sheep got cracked and got destroyed by the ice that freezed. There, Shackleton made a decision to go to Elephanta Island. Being a decision maker, Shackleton tried to make a best decision as possible to save his squadders.
  • Saving all of his squadders: Committed

    Saving all of his squadders: Committed
    When he arrived at Elephante Island, he thought there is a need to go South Georgia to request help. But as he did not have any sheep he needed to ride a small boat to go South Georgia. However he did not give up and success to arrive on South Georgia. As he arrived at South Georgia, he borrowed a sheep from Chile and go back to Elephante Island to save his squaddels, because he was commited to put squadder's lives in his first place.
  • Another journey: Risk taker

    Another journey: Risk taker
    After coming back from South pole on 1916, Shackleton decided to become a risk taker: he decided to go South pole one more time. Sadly, he failed this time to. But he never gave up and kept chasing his dream.