Staying Alive

“A leader is a dealer in hope.” — Napoleon Bonaparte Here in Episode 35, we take a closer look at two perhaps lesser-known great leaders in history. When all hope was lost and the odds were stacked against them, they defied all probability and led their men safely home. These are two of the most fascinating adventure stories ever told. Sir Ernest Shackleton and Xenophon did the extraordinary and both lived to tell their tales. Episode Notes: Shackleton's final Antarctic expedition of 1921-22 had imprecise goals but one of them was a possible circumnavigation of the continent. Books: Anabasis by Xenophon A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great by J.B. Bury and Russell Meiggs Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing South! The Journey of Shackleton’s Last Expedition 1914-1917 by Sir Ernest Shackleton Film: Shackleton (2012) with Kenneth Branagh

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Staying Alive is an episode from Historically Speaking Podcast by Rebecca Robbins & Kim Kimmel.

This episode is 37:18 long.

This episode was published on Dec 8, 2021.

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