Sir Ranulph Fiennes on Shackleton

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🗓️ 26 September 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Sir Ranulph Fiennes is possibly the most famous living explorer but he believes that the greatest ever polar explorer is Sir Ernest Shackleton. Although Shackleton's expeditions largely ended in failure and disaster his inspirational leadership, bravery and temperament have all been a key source of inspiration for Sir Ranulph during his many adventures. In this episode, Sir Ranulph joins Dan to talk about the incredible journey Shackleton and his men made to save themselves after the loss of their ship the Endurance to the Antarctic ice. Sir Ranulph also uses his similar experiences in the 'polar hell' of the antarctic to give a unique insight into Shackleton's life and work. He also guides Dan through his own life and what it takes to plan and execute a successful mission in the most extreme environment on Earth.

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0:00.0	She takes control of our money, cash, credit cards, everything. She's getting us into debt.
0:05.6	Does she earn it? And I'll look after spending it, okay?
0:09.0	If I suggest that maybe she could work as well, she just puts me down.
0:13.0	Some man you are can't even support his family properly.
0:17.0	And when I tried to talk about it, she started telling me and even the kids.
0:21.5	I'm scared, Daddy. She intimidates all of us.
0:24.5	Coerce of controlling behavior is still abuse and it's a crime.
0:31.5	Hi everyone, welcome to Downsense History here.
0:35.5	So Ronald Feins is a national treasure.
0:38.5	He has shattered records. He has grabbed the public imagination.
0:43.5	He is one of those explorers who does actually explore.
0:48.5	He has inspired people around the world. He's run seven marathons and seven constants on seven days.
0:54.5	He's in the Guinness Book of Records or many things.
0:56.5	And actually his true legendary status can be seen by his full name, which is so runoff.
1:01.5	Twizzleton, Wycombe, finds what is not to like about that.
1:06.5	As you'll hear in this podcast, we talk to Ralph Feins about Shackleton, the great Antarctic explorer.
1:10.5	But actually we talked mostly about Ralph Feins and why not?
1:13.5	Ralph Feins is driven by a desire to live up to the reputation of his father, a man that was killed in Italy in the Second Mar War before Feins was born.
1:22.5	He feels that his failure to follow his father's footsteps and command his father's unit in the British Army is what's driven him to do all the insane things that he's done.
1:32.5	But there you go. You'll listen to his podcast, he relies on Ronald Feins considers himself a failure.
1:36.5	I don't have to hope for the rest of us or what the hell that means.
1:39.5	But it's pretty crazy stuff.
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