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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Perkins, Dennis N.T., 1942-

Leading at the edge : leadership lessons from the extraordinary saga of Shackleton’s Antarctic
expedition / Dennis N.T. Perkins ; with Margaret P. Holtman and Jillian B. Murphy. — 2nd ed.

      p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8144-3194-8 (pbk.) — ISBN 0-8144-3194-1 (pbk.) 1. Leadership. 2. Shackleton,
Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922. 3. Antarctica—Discovery and exploration—British. 4. Strategic
planning. 5. Survival. 6. Explorers—Antarctica. I.Title.

HD57.7.P46 2012

658.4’092—dc23

2011051897

© 2012 Dennis N. T. Perkins
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