Roald Amundsen
Background: After the race to the South Pole ended in 1912 with Roald Amundsen’s conquest, Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874–1922) turned his attention to what he said was the one remaining great object of Antarctic journeying—the crossing of the continent…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Nancy F. Koehn that was featured in The New York Times (December 24, 2011). To read the complete article, please click here. Photo Credit: Frank Hurley/Scott Polar Research Institute * * …
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Gijus van Wulfen on “10 Practical Innovation Lessons from Great Explorers”
In The Innovation Expedition, Gijus van Wulfen identifies and discusses lessons to be learned from great explorers such as Roald Amundsen, Neil Armstrong, Christopher Columbus, Yuri Gagarin, Edmund Hillary, David Livingston, Ferdinand Magellan, and Ernest Shackleton. All of these them…
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