Success Formula: Fame Over Fortune
The want ad here is a tongue-in-cheek facsimile to a real recruitment effort. Around 1912-13, 5,000 applicants applied for 27 positions. Which aspect of this job description appealed to the motives of ambitious scientists and seafarers? The opportunity for fame, of course. Ernest Shackleton made four attempts to reach the South Pole between 1902 in […]